Mukbang Commensality
Those familiar with the two words of this post's title may feel that it's also an oxymoron. Yet I feel we ought make it an open secret.
The former I wrote about as No. 49 of the 52 Ways in my book, Video Calls That Sell.
Topic
trendwatch
A collection of 92 issues
Interactive Business Card
I recently got persuaded by a local tech-based printshop to undergo a business card refresh.
Back in those downs of lock, I designed a card for my present focus. One side featured the main cover image from my book. The other, contact deets.
Given I've long since moved
Episelling Diet Update
A doctor recently reminded me of epigenetics. Through the mystery surrounding changed traits via organ transplants which somehow alter recipient behaviour by adopting characteristics of the donor.
I recalled I'd found Sales merit in this concept before. Ten years back.
One example cited was how post-op, a previously
When Will AI Make Our Salesdecks For Us?
Spoiler alert: not now, not so soon, maybe never?
The latest ᴀɪ marvel is the breakthrough with super-ʜᴅ animated/ᴄɢɪ yet real looking video production.
The initial clips are quite the thing to behold.
So the world of ᴀɪ continues to move at pace.
I've come across such
Hybrid Remote Engagement Happiness Modern Future Dynamic
It couldn't escape my notice that, for the third year running, prediction pieces on what the next twelve months would bring the office domain usually included a familiar refrain. The formalised seat at the C-suite summit for someone charged with forging our post-lockdown ways.
Most typical of job
Helping Coffee Badgers Buy
A lot of talk around changing workplace trends is of the where.
Fevered debate around mandated days in the office, hybrid boundaries and WFA distance.
Mixing varying levels of presence flexibility is one thing.
Now it appears such flexibility reaches the when.
Building on classic work/life balance tropes. For
Uni Cyber Lab Screen Stack
When was the last time you were in a contact centre?
I've made fairly regular visits of such environments throughout my career.
One of my very first was a mid-90s trip to a N East of England call centre, belonging to a mobile phone network provider.
It was
AI CV Fail
How can your salesteam live with AI?
I know that's a question that (albeit perhaps slightly less so mid-23 compared to earlier in the year), vexes many a sales leadership.
I have come to believe that how a salesteam handles AI for recruitment may well betray your approach
Video Meeting Transcription
Just Say No.
That sums up my experience of outbound video calls and the wave of 'AI' automated video meeting transcription services.
Even with internal meetings, I've seen transcription cause disengagement.
Google Meets has a remarkable live transcription. People tend to be amazed when first encountering
Bard Marred
I've been asked why my given AI conversation examples are up to now typically based on ChatGPT.
Well, the answer is simple.
Bard is rubbish.
And it's not just that the Bard UX is presently poorer.
To gauge its calibre, I asked it a couple of