quirky

In the late 90s, I remember a chap of enormous sales pedigree bemoan to me about the then latest crm buzz. There’s always a new sales software fad, he said as he shook his head disapprovingly. It’s just like dieting, he further mused. His theme was that just

Or not. This hundred seconds of fun appears in the end credits of his 2006 gentle chuckle-along of a movie, 10 Items Or Less. During his day alongside a beepeuse yearning for more than being chained to her uncomputerised checkout till, he visits American department store, Target. Inside, after marvelling

Haha! What a big word in my title there. I only just found it online. I was surfing for an alternative to ‘changing your mind’. And wasn’t keen on adapting either of the political anorak coined terms like the English ‘u-turner’ the Americanism of ‘flip-flopping’. Customers can change their

Arh Dawkins. The go-to militant atheist. Also the genius behind inventing [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=meme] the term “meme”. Way back in 1976. Not resting on his laurels of being named the world’s greatest current thinker [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/apr/25/

Poor old Nick Clegg. It’s pretty difficult at the best of times to read an English newspaper and not see the UK’s deputy prime minister vilified. And that includes the lefty rags. Yesterday cleggbashing reached another ‘high’. (Here’s what an English lefty tabloid [http://www.mirror.co.

I caught a moving tribute from one best-selling author to another tonight. No sooner as given a few more months by cancer doctors, Iain Banks died. Fellow Scot Ian Rankin reflected with much fondness and admiration on his close pal. The story of how he’d got started was riveting.

[http://news.sky.com/story/1096723/death-likelier-due-to-weekend-hospital-care] Well, the second time in a fortnight (see also,Never Events [http://salespodder.com/never-events/]) my Sales brain has been inspired by possibly the world’s most welcomed (only because it is perceived as ‘free’), yet frustratingly dysfunctional organisation (because there’s precious

Here’s a typical bank holiday post. I’ve got some admiration for the ad department of paint maker Dulux. The trademark dog is, and always has been, rubbish. Yet their recent run of ads have all been terrific. This being the latest 60 seconds of fun. I was at

I take back what I’ve long said about IT Managers. Well, maybe not all of it. In any case, here’s one that has thankfully confounded much of his brethren and done something profoundly useful and customer-facing. Website pleasepress1 [http://www.pleasepress1.com/] has gathered much positive media this