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A collection of 169 issues

Doc Completion Rate

Amazon Lord of the Rings prequel Rings of Power, which cost $465 million to get into the can and was released to widespread indifference ... had a 37 per cent completion rate in the US. Meaning the percentage of customers who started watching and made it through to the end. The

When You Think About The Win

I read the words reported of (legendary, game changing) former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger in the build-up to this week's EPL title decider with (genius, game changing) Pep Guardiola's present day Manchester City. In the aftermath of his club's defeat (nay, hammering), the journalist now described his words as "a

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.

Transtheoretical Stages of Change

Not the smoothest of model name, hey. Often abbreviated to TTM, for Transtheoretical Model. It's used in the field of healthcare, stemming perhaps from general behavioural change psychology as published in 1983 by Prochaska and DiClemente. Over many years helping salesteams with 'change', I can vouch for the liberating effect

Q Factor Gain Rate

"[in Dec '22, a Californian lab] smashed all previous records, crossing the breakeven ratio by reportedly generating some 2.5 megajoules from 2.1 megajoules of power from 192 giant lasers. That is a ‘gain’ rate or ‘Q’ factor of 1.2 from fusing hydrogen nuclei into a heavier helium.

SF9 Puzzlin'

Ever stop and say to yourself, what I really need in my life right now is a 7-piece K-pop boyband? Me neither. Whoever the combo SF9 are, the promo for their latest single, Puzzle, appears to have been made by someone appreciative of the case wall. Entertaining because such focal

Nudging Prospects Along

In a moment of seasonal downtime, I read a marketeer's thoughts entitled does nudge theory have a future in 2023? I picked up on this in part because the inimitable nudger-in-chief was cited. Then I quickly realised how a quintet of said Rory Sutherland's insights duly contained within could be

What The Mere 8 Percent Know About Successful New Year Resolutions

Did you already have an inkling that a whopping ninety-two percent of us were perennial losers? That's apparently how many give up on New Year's Resolutions. What sets those that see them through - the roughly one in twelve triumphant - apart? Well, these past few days of "twixmas" (which

Enduring Functional Partying

Breaking news alert may not be necessary. Men have fewer friends than women. Married men overwhelmingly leave it to their wives to curate their social diary. Men prefer (sometimes transient) groups, women more long-lasting one-on-one friendships. Apparently. Here's one such commentary I read around this. Drawing on Aristotle’s classification

Sales on Easy Mode

Commercial opportunity is currently claimed to narrow. Post-lockdown blues, 'strongmen' sabre rattling, and inflationary supply chain constrictions bite down hard on economic conditions. Not to mention the generational chance spurned for structural reform in the GFC aftermath of 2008 seemingly coming home to roost. Is this the reason behind the