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I was searching for insight into social networking behaviour and came across this TED video from Nicolas Christakis [http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html] . his initial interest into widowhood lead to studying clusters of obesity and their social network effects. I was

I landed at an airport just now and after taxi-ing to the terminal, there was a delay as the plane had parked beyond where the mechanical walkway could reach. I then experienced much jolting around as a tug tried to shimmy the plane in position. It reminded me of an

I was recently reminded of a relaxing social London Sunday in the pub with a pal. I was given a neat refresher of the power of delegation and its ramifications for sales campaigns. My friend went through a decade of managing pubs and as such was required to conduct regular

Without going into potentially incriminating detail, I saw something quite remarkable in the  wardrobe of a young lady recently. It was a sheet of paper stuck onto the inner mirror, revealed when she opened the door. In a huge font size, arranged neatly in a pair of columns, were numbers.

I was faced with a tricky dilemma the other day. Across the table from me was a chap running a successful injection moulding plant. His machinery-filled busy factory floor helping to produce just over $1m a month of product. He was conscious of an 80/20 imbalance. He was certain

> “When [the CEO] is standing up there and cutting the ribbon what we need to have made sure is…” This was a joyous phrase I heard in a post-sale project management meeting I was involved with the other day. There were two elements to this that impressed me: 1.

One terrific way of opening a meeting, whether during a first-time campaign or as part of an account management process, is to start off by asking “what’s changed” since you last got together. Yet the other day I was in a meeting where our last get-together was only the