Hey, 👋🏼 Apologies for the radio silence. I’ve been away. This week I’m talking endowments. Not the one to do with life insurance… I rarely test drive cars. 🚗 I don’t try on a lot of clothes. (Obvs) I avoid free trials. I don’t ‘cos I know if I do…

How talking to more humans face-to-face could help your business. Hey, 👋 I hope you’re well. You’re reading this through a different email service — Medium Mailchimp only lasted one issue. Mailchimp is great. But it’s changed since I last used it. And I remembered how easy Medium is to…

Launching a new idea? It pays to collaborate with people inside and outside your organisation. Last Friday, the fabulous Christine O ‘Driscoll from Lets Get Chalking came in to draw an illustration on the blackboard at Insightful’s offices. Christine’s work brought to life Insightful’s new programme – Double Your Sales (DYS). The programme bakes in all of Insightful’s skills…

Some folks like to read words, some like pictures. Some learn by doing stuff. Others prefer listening to people talk. — What I’m about to say will sound odd here on Medium where words are the currency —but I’m gonna’ test talking instead of writing. Here’s why I recently finished The 2020 Vision Programme run by the good people from the Happy Startup School. I learned that talking through stuff might have a…

Why it pays to start at the end and work backward. — Ian Brown’s F.E.A.R. music video is mesmerising. The song is not too shabby either. The video has a simple idea… Ian Brown is filmed cycling along London’s streets but the video is played backward. With the track played over the top, it jars with us. The playback grabs our attention. Maybe it’s because our…

Back in the early 1990s, I was trying to break into advertising and there was one surprising thing that helped. — I was a young creative looking for my first job. There were no graduate schemes or formal paths to employment. In London’s adland, it was more about who you knew. You needed someone who could get you an audience with the big Kahuna: the creative director (CD). Want that elusive job in the creative dept? You’ll need to convince the…

Getting a glimpse into someone else's world is fascinating but sometimes you have to get more involved. — I don’t mean that in a creepy way. I’m talking about observing behaviour then getting out there and talking to people. Ever watched Hitchcock’s classic, ‘Rear Window’? It’s a movie about the perils of voyeurism… Break a leg. Rear Window’s main character, Jeff Jeffries played by Jimmy Stewart, is bedbound – convalescing with a broken leg.

Tired of clashing with your colleagues like politicians in a heated debate? Want your business negotiations to be as smooth as a well-oiled machine? — There’s a powerful lesson to share from an unexpected source — The Good Friday Agreement. Back in the late 1990s, Northern Ireland was plagued by violence and political strife. Opposing views on religion, nationality, and politics were dividing communities. The peace progress had stuttered for years.

Make better decisions by recognising when emotions take over. — Hey, 👋 I hope you’re doing well. I’m glued to a show on Netflix. It’s called the Coaches Playbook. Recommended by my pal, Darren. Watch The Playbook | Netflix Official Site Coaches with championship résumés share their personal rules for success in sports and life in this reflective and…www.netflix.com One of the coaches featured in the show is french tennis maestro, Patrick Mouratoglou.