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Even The Donald Has His Charts At Hand

[/content/images/wordpress/2020/08/trump-axios-hbo-inteview-holding-barchart-500gr-aadj.jpg] The latest interview [https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-under-control-5f114a16-9952-428c-bc07-3cfa360b0977.html] with US President Donald Trump doesn’t disappoint. It duly sends salivating memesters wild. What is noteworthy, is that each of the three graphs he showed during this one were accurate. Whether they show

Half-a-Billion Buying Flags

The murky waters of large public sector procurement offered a small trickle of clarity recently regarding a winning $500bn auction share by the UK government. Along with their Indian partners, a total of a cool billion bought a “bankrupt [https://todayheadline.co/uk-ministers-were-warned-of-financial-risk-to-500m-oneweb-deal/] ” satellite communications business; OneWeb. Indeed quite the

Your Passionate Motivated Excellent Best

A piece of lockdown pr by way of an online recruit shop. Apparently surveying 562 UK hiring managers. It seems there’s a list of words that switches them off. Half or more questioned shudder to see these eight appear on candidate documentation; > best – motivated – dedicated – proven – reliable – passionate

Who's In Your D-10?

The charade that is the UN is hamstrung. By despotic regimes wielding their unjust power in the Security Council. By evil machinations of bullies behind the scenes; how China has captured, neutered and co-opted the Human Rights Council should be reason enough to disband the whole shebang. By the very

Climate Protest Slidedeck

Yep, we live in an era of culture wars. Typified by where any debate must be boiled down to the most entrenched of binary poles. Neither side seemingly tolerant of nuance, flaws or dissent. One most bitter example concerns the Environment. Capital E, note. Are you guilty of heinous child

5 Second Wave Framings & Your Key Bid Success

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/07/Japans-3-Cs-edit-h500gr.jpg] The Three Cs Would Western societies be trusted to adhere to this Japanese coronavirus second wave preventing government information campaign? If it is the case that we sometimes struggle to accept the difference between abhorrent hate speech and expression of

User Life Made Easier

[/content/images/wordpress/2020/07/brightside-lift-buttons-for-feet-400x260-1.jpg] How do you alone make your customer lives that little bit easier? In January I noted a similar collection [http://salespodder.com/reveal-your-guidance/] of pics (via Reddit) which also showed clever ways of helping with use of products, lauded as life changing. Six

The Curse Of The Last Minute Merchant In Sales

I had the pleasure to sit next to a university lecturer once on a flight. A Project Management expert, no less. I divulged my frustration at the last minute merchant. Those fools who may have scaled vertiginous corporate levels, yet wrongly think their lack of time keeping and planning can

Try 404 Remixes

As a non-twit, I rarely delve into the dystopia that is twitter. But every now and then, some cultural moment drags you in. To watch the ensuing train-smash de jour. On one such diversion, one link clicked led to the above. Something went wrong. How apt. I’ve blogged before

F + N +2S = I

This is the formula from the book Inspiratorium by Anthony Tasgal [https://twitter.com/taswellhill]; > 1 part Failure + 1 part Naivety + 2 parts Surprise = Insight A big fan of formulae to get a Sales idea across. I also like use here of adding weighting to one of your ingredients.