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Here’s an interesting couple of chats I’ve had over the past few days. A chap big in call centre design wondered if I could help evolve a microchip maker’s German and Filipino set ups. I could help with all the people aspects. Moulding the agents around new

Well, yesterday’s [https://salespodder.com/6ms-of-coffee/] post had at least one fan. A friend of mine was talking to me about it. They touched on CVs, and how to make them stand out. If you were that kind of person, you could cheekily add a section along the lines

The ‘progressive’ Left decry the end of compassionate society, the ‘striver’ Right scream ‘about time too’. That seems to be the split of opinion about the huge news story in Britain this week. After years of successive governments massaging jobless figures through creative spinning of why people are not working,

[http://www.gsk.com] I recently saw a BBC interview with the head of global drug colossus, GSK. Andrew Witty was waxing on innovation. A key driver of their continued success, he was understandably keen to ensure it carried on taking place. He stated that; > all the discoveries take

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/03/lindt-lindor-disappointment.jpg] Easter weekend. Round at good friends’ place, and the unwrapping of chocolate goodies. Audible despair accompanied this particular item. Now. Lindt position themselves as upmarket, right? Here’s how their website describes this specific brand today; > the smoothest creation

It’s Easter. So I’m feeling in holiday mood. Here’s an article read in The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9959026/Mothers-asked-nearly-300-questions-a-day-study-finds.html] just now. Mum’s apparently get bombarded with questions from their children. They have to handle more than the PM is fired

Arh. Our Italian cousins. Do their menfolk still find it acceptable to pinch the bottoms of random passing ladies in the street? In that fine tradition, I can thank a CNN report by Nima Elbagir from their warship the San Marco, as it patrolled for pirates off the Horn of

A delightfully well mannered Grade 8 African lad sat next to me on a flight, travelling from his home town of Joburg to Cape Town recently. Trying to put him right on his choice of football team (Man City, I ask you…) our conversation began, at his behest, on the

A friend of mine once confided how a previous partner insisted they traipse along to joint therapy to resolve ‘issues’ together. Given our similar backgrounds, she shares my opinion on this kind of thing, but agreed to go along regardless. Whilst the relationship did indeed dissolve, she did comment that