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Tempering Forecast Overconfidence

As you may know from previous blogs, I am not a fan of professional forecasters. From those telling us what numbers the economy will run in the near future or the barrage of investment sages online and on rolling telly channels, to the more mundane such as sport punditry and

Acknowledge Your Cultural Bedrock Required

Culture. Almost a dirty word in many a business since the construct first began to seep into b-schools around four decades back. I myself suffered the indignity of having my detailed attempts as a cubrep to build a sales office culture of success rebuffed. With the withering denigration, ‘that’s

Wonky Wiring

[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9818361/Bitcoin-traders-accused-stealing-3-6billion-bought-citizenship-Vanuatu-months-earlier.html] This is a photo of two S African brothers. Wanted for questioning over a huge ‘loss’ of bitcoin. Dozens, scores even, of crypto investors are in legal proceedings over a sum of perhaps 69,000 ‘missing’ bitcoins. Worth potentially billions of

Master Maitre'd Visual Board

https://twitter.com/eBay_UK/status/1410282828319780866 > most people don’t appreciate how many decisions need to be made when setting a table The opening words above of Fred Sirieix [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Sirieix] in the UK campaign he currently fronts for ebay. Promoting their small business

1957 Sony Salesrep Pocket Trick

[https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-b.html] The greatest contributor, enabler even, to the ‘glory’ of The Information Age? Many make the case for the transistor. Its first application was to replace the huge, cumbersome and over-heating valves that powered early radios. Here’s an excerpt from

When Is A Sale Over Your Kármán Line?

The Kármán line [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line] made a fair bit of news these past few days. It’s the name given to the boundary between our planet’s atmosphere and outer space. The issue floating through airwaves, is that different people have

LACMAC Mutual Way Forward Discovery

I’m indebted to an English recruiter of HR pros who kindly commented on my 2015 LACMAC post. They felt the emphasis demonstrated to me misrepresentative of how they themselves view the mnemonic. Their slant preference rather being; "The most important part of the ʟᴀᴄᴍᴀᴄ process, and the bit that

Freedom Day Hybrid Readiness Backdrops

With hybrid meetings now set to replace blanket WFH video calls, let’s have a look at how the backdrops adopted by those summoned by broadcasters have developed lately. Here are personal settings from the zoomiverse since my last round-up [see footer for earlier curations] of media talking heads zooming

Find The Valuta

> valuta n. the value of one currency with respect to its exchange rate with another; foreign currency, eg, “these internal flights supply valuta to the cash-starved confederation” The above is the definition as served up by google for the term valuta. You tend to hear those with a different mother

Crypto Crevasse

Investment boiler-room scammers appear to have a new guise. I sadly hear tales of similar such thievery driven by the current crypto craziness. Investing ‘experts’ keen to call you ASAP from an online enquiry. Promising arms length yet safe involvement. Super-returns guaranteed to come your way. Even if the contract