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Have You a Pledge or Mission?

UK political leaders of the two main parties have been busy stating their vision for a country under their rule in a voter-friendly format recently. First up, incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his '5 Pledges'. Then a month on, the response of Opposition leader Kier Starmer who wants his

Where Are You In A Relationship's 5 Stages?

Not just for any relationship, but the relationship. Back in 2014, online dating matchers eHarmony suggested these five linear stages of love; butterflies, building, assimilation, honesty & stability. A decade on, and a pair of ladies making their living helping couples through therapy suggest five phases of a romance as they

Are You A Prompt Engineer?

By the end of the second decade of this century, it was widely estimated that half the jobs then being done had not existed at the turn of the Millennium. [I touched on this in a broader Sales sense back in 2015 for my 2,000th post.] This huge wave

Power, Money & Autonomy

"Everyone is primarily interested in one of three things. To motivate them, all you need do is discover which one drives them most; power, money or autonomy." From the experience of Rory Sutherland. Which he shared in the interests of promoting the under-valued and usually ignored quality of autonomy. Note

Protocol Seven Tests

There appears a breakthrough in UK-EU relations. Deadlock broken on the tricksy so-called Northern Ireland Protocol. The now named Windsor Framework hailed as a 'landmark deal' by those crafting it as a pragmatic platform for future prosperous trade and relations. You needn't be well-versed in the labyrinthine politics surrounding this.

Ideas Meeting Not IRL

Plans for International Ideas Day? pic.twitter.com/VOogHx0I9G — Modern Toss (@ModernToss) March 2, 2022 Here is contemporary commentary on The Beautiful Game. No, not that one. The sorcery of Pep, Ralf's Wingless Wonders, jumpers for goalposts and all that. But more likely, the crunch of Chopper Harris, through tragic

Still No Proper Zoom Room?

I've long stated that those salesteams serious about video calling, display - or are super keen to embrace asap - a leaders approach to where videoing takes place. It seems The Zuck has just discovered this too. Much is being made of Facebook-owner Meta's freshly tweaked office design. Take these

Bank On First Rule

An English Northener recently held the limelight of his life story being made into a film. Despite suffering a touch from the gloss of typically Hollywood fabulation, his Bank On Dave rags to riches type tale of taking on Big Money by setting up his own bank tugs on a

Musk, He's Poor

That title, it's an anagram. Of skeuomorphs. [As I learnt from behind this paywalled piece.] I read on in part, as a decade back I blogged on the concept of skeuomorphism. With particular reference to built-in internal new product launch familiarity. New to me was the etymology. From 1889 by

Runner Coming Through

In the tragic aftermath of a national mystery with a vanishing mother during a morning river path dog walk later found drowned in N West England, I was glad to learn of the suggested etiquette for male joggers when passing lone female walkers in such locations. From campaigner Jamie Klingler,