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Read Professionalism and the extra mile

Professionalism and the extra mile

We had been planning to have a large garden summerhouse built for a number of months and we were finally in a position to do so. After a lot of research we decided to engage a local company as we …

Read Openness, discussions and success

Openness, discussions and success

I work very closely with two colleagues - and have done so for a number of years. Together we have experienced some serious ups and downs in the company we work for and also personally. We have each …

Read The growing power of influencers

The growing power of influencers

Quite often I will come across long articles and either put off reading them or just skim through their content. This

Read New ways to generate ideas online

New ways to generate ideas online

There are a lot of sites that claim to be idea generators. Most of them turn out to be just a button you click that slings together a bunch of random words that are meant to then become a prompt to …

Read Questions to ask yourself before you buy

Questions to ask yourself before you buy

Sometimes it is very easy to buy things just for the sake of it. We get that rush when either we bring the item home or it is delivered. It is easy to form an addiction to that feeling.

Read Exposing the beauty in a problem

Exposing the beauty in a problem

I was recently reminded of this great quote:

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is …

Read Fractional talent as an alternative pool of resources

Fractional talent as an alternative pool of resources

At the startup I work for we used to have a full time HR person. These were in the days when the expectation was that we would have explosive growth and the company would “at least double in …

Read Committing time to stand out from the crowd

Committing time to stand out from the crowd

There is a famous quote that asks how you eat an elephant and the answer is one bite at a time. It can be very daunting when attempting something new especially if it is potentially a large task. …