sport & selling

Brian O’Driscoll retires victorious after a world record 141 international caps. In the run up to his final game, I caught an interview [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/26577848] which touched on what he learned from captaincy. It held this terrific insight; > “I found it

[http://salespodder.com/inspire-section-title-slides-like-media-talkshop/] This weekend the Welsh were sent packing at Twickenham. Despite being favourites, the Warrenball outfit (so named because of the type of play kiwi coach Warren Gatland instils in them, a tedious game plan relying on big backs bashing over the gain-line – good enough for Lions

Relax, this isn’t an old school Activity = Sales blog. This may be a post more for the self-labelled sales ops geek, yet its central idea is widely applicable. I’ve been fairly pleased to see the analysis of football matches develop these past couple of seasons. Following on from

Okay, so the Americans focus on some ridiculous sports. I’ve been to both baseball and American football games live. What a waste of time. There’s a reason why proper football, and to a lesser extent rugby, charms the rest of the entire globe. Then again, I’m a

So Monday night I settled in for a must-see tennis final. Djokovic pummelled Nadal to win the prestigious end-of-year play-off crown. With the start held up slightly, telly provided a whole hour of pre-match chat. The always engaging 1976 French Open winner Sue Barker chaired lively discussions with former British

Former TV exec Greg Dyke delivered his vision to the world of English football this week. It’s difficult to not like the chap. Usually such a sensible thinker and outrageously, completely wrongly, hounded out of his job when running the BBC, his judgement tends to be sound. Yet his

Yes, another ‘sport and selling’ post inspired by the wonder that is cricket. If the five-day battles leave you cold, relax, it’ll likely be the last for a while. The Ashes Summer has just ended with England victorious. Over the bank holiday weekend, the final Test suffered long rain

Working away this week I’ve been able to listen to much of the cricket on Test Match Special. The final Ashes Test saw a rare panic selection from England. A worryingly momentum shifting win is now within Aussie’s reach. Ed Smith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Smith_

[https://twitter.com/xXx_Belle] [http://instagram.com/xxx_belle] This is the fuzzy telly shot tweeted by an athletics World Champs bronze medallist. Annabelle Lewis carried the baton through the third leg of the women’s 4x100m relay Sunday. She’s on the right of the jubilant quartet. When