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quirky

ideas and experiences with a selling angle that come from left-field

Rosie's Boeing Anomaly & Your Failure

Boeing are such a large aviation manufacture that their recent shut down of the 737-Max plane production line looks set to reduce US economic output by a staggering 0.6% next quarter. But as so often, such largeness is accompanied by hubris. In the worst case, ongoing investigation as to

No, have a look now

Who wasn’t a Clive James fan? Glowing anecdote laden obits to the Anglicised Aussie revealed one [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/15/clive-james-remembered-by-john-simpson] of selling skill; > I was the editor of the pretentious student magazine Granta, and he’d got a sheaf of papers in his

Dundas Aqueduct, On-Costs & Your Price Objection Handle

Who doesn’t love an old ballad of lowest price blues? As well as a battle between purchase price tag and ongoing upkeep. Let’s then go back to the 1790s. I learn of those times’ groundbreaking canal building. Linking two of the the world’s then premier trading cities,

Gag Writer Right Reasons

Sometimes you must peek over into the other side. Comic and Crazy Rich Asians movie star Ronny Chieng has a couple of sharp observations about life today on his Netflix stand-up show. Shame when interviewed he lacks affability. Yet I did catch fascinating insight he shares learning from working on

Are Your Loo Walls Valued Like Bigtime Party Planner's?

I often blog to stop office visual real estate being such an overlooked resource. As the end-of-year party season gets into full swing, I learn of another trick to make your walls talk. Leading party planner [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7782219/The-experts-stress-free-guide-perfect-party.html] to the moneyed class over

Spot The White-Ant

Thanks to continuing ripples from Aussie cricket cheating, I learn of white-anting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_anting]; > …an Australian term for the process of internal erosion of a foundation. It is often used in reference to groups such as political parties or organisations where information from group

Get Brexit Done (2)

Well. The commentariat seemingly says that was quite “extraordinary”. Another election turn-up in the democratic world, adding to a recently bulging list. The victorious Party with the (landslide?) margin by which they won today thank their central three word slogan; get brexit done [http://salespodder.com/get-brexit-done/]. UK political campaigns

Meeting Marginalisation

Malmo academics [https://mau.se/en/news/work-meetings-have-an-unwarranted-bad-reputation/] try to tell us the humble business meeting doesn’t deserve its lowly reputation. Can the widespread reporting of such Swedish suggestion provide more than a mere a fika [http://www.swedishfood.com/fika]-style breaktime fillip? When I noted that most

Collabs & Hairdressers Give You An Ideas Amnesty

[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/18/sub-sub-aint-no-love-aint-no-use-feat-melanie-williams] I do like a musical origin story. How someone came to write a song – or in extended form, those hour-long docs about classic album creation – often holds me in thrall. What I like about this three minutes of early 90s dance

Compost In Three Words

Advice for those with a garden compost heap. A radio show elicited listener tips “in just three words”; * browns and greens * turn it today * leave out thorns * plenty of worms * pee on it * wet and dry * loose leaf tea * use quail poo I am a fan of this type of