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sport & selling

A collection of 373 issues

Mixed Message Arts

I got to watch the biggest boxing bout this century. The first for the 'undisputed' World Heavyweight crown since '99. Gypsy King against The Cat. And quite the fight it was. First two rounds to the nippy Ukrainian. Then a row of four, maybe five, to the giant Englishman. From

Coherent Game Model

There's a lot of rot talked of succession planning[1]. I'm not a fan of what passes for the most common misguided efforts in this regard across the corporate world. It misses out on the fundamentals. The underlying mentality and systems that genuinely create sustainable, repeatable, adaptable success. Which are

One Word Feeling

Spied on the Emirates stadium Legends tour today. Please RT. This is amazing. Gooners need to see this. ❤️ #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/jDmk4qnc6u — GiantCalGunner (@GiantCalGunner) March 10, 2024 Last night's knockout second-leg to reach UCL QFs gave us the competition's first penalty shoot-out since Real prevailed over Atletico in the

Painting Pictures With Words Spurs

We're not poets. Nor copywriters. Simply solution salespeople. Yet how many times do we miss a trick of those wordsmiths? I recall long ago touching on the selling punch of the metaphor. Now, through the improbable source of youth footballers, comes a reminder we can motivate our prospects in a

Darts Prodigy Nukes Doubt

Maybe it's because people from my neck o' the woods joke my forebears invented all the best sports. Yet throwing the 'arrers is a past-time known pretty much everywhere. And surprisingly, despite the odd Canadian or Dutch interloper, continues to be dominated at elite level by those sharing my birthplace.

Fire The Disruptives

Whilst having little interest in the travails of The World's Biggest Football Club™, the recent arrival of new part-owners could be quite the ride. The investor's man-on-the-ground being none other than Mr Marginal Gains, cycling supremo and serial minter of Olympic Gold, Sir Dave Brailsford. One aspect of his thinking

Checkpoint Knockout

"This is a checkpoint and if I don't get past this, there is no future" Whilst not an avid fan of the circus that is heavyweight boxing, the occasional personality, rivalry and bout gains considerable cut-through. For a while, Anthony Joshua earned this media spotlight. His relative young age, escape

Three Term Rule

To limit time in any one role to three years has long been the mantra of the greasy pole careerist. There's many a reason for this slant. For one, I'm reminded of the classic advice of revolutionary Hungarian football coach, Bela Guttman; "the third year is fatal". Meaning that after

Bazsell

Every now and then a cricketing term escapes it boundaries and enters the general psyche. Even those with little knowledge of the great game will likely have heard the euphonious leather-on-willow parlance of 'a sticky wicket', 'googly' or 'out for a duck' in everyday talk. To which do we today

All Cost No Benefit

Dan Andrews, State Premier for Victoria, Australia. Worth noting upfront that this is the politician that locked down his citizens for longer than anyone else nationwide. Which is saying something for a country that was almost as 'zero covid' as its crazed neighbour. Here's the news bulletin blanketing soundbite from