Optimist Unusual business model, based on optimistic faith in the community to do good, can work: Wikipedia is 5th most popular website on earth. New global platform for multilingual, quality news soon. Journalists/volunteers will publish facts. Supporters donate, so no ads, no paywalls. Measures to stop fake news, spread by eager/unwitting volunteers, have failed. Fight…
Month: October 2018
Licence Members of an occupation love licences as they keep others out. 1 in 5 UK workers – twice as many as 15 years ago – now needs a permit from government to do their job, including security guards, art therapists, social workers. Are they any better than they were? Work life is tied up…
Gamify Lessons & tests turned into games are more captivating & fun Our ever-evolving sense of play is a wellspring of creativity. Video games replace the spectacle of violence with the basic joy of splattering mud pies around. UK: average gamer is female, mid-40’s, highly educated. US: female gamers aged 33+ outnumber teenage boys. Play the game Guessed…
Increment Achievement is through incremental steps. Giant leaps are fiction. Small, relentless improvements from ground-up, not imposed from top-down. Sustained success is a long-haul affair, achieved through continuous effort Guessed the Word? Series 32 (4/5) [pic: zoltan tasi]
Cheese UK cheese sales recovering after falling for 2 years. Spend on bestseller cheddar up 3.9%. Shops’ own-labels growing ahead of branded cheese. 1/2 the top 20 brands are now in growth. Cheese-making is both art & science – from identical ingredients & recipes, different cheese makers make different cheeses Guessed the Word? …
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 32 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY) Series 30 spelt K-R-O-W (WORK) Series 29 spelt R-O-P-Y-J-A-D-E (JEOPARDY) Series 28 spelt G-U-I-L-D-B-I-N (BUILDING) Series 27 spelt F-R-U-I-T-E-X (FIXTURE) Series 26 spelt H-O-N-K-W-O-W (KNOWHOW) Series 25 spelt L-O-D-E-M …
Change The pace of change will never be as slow as it is todayWe over-estimate change in the near term, & under-estimate it over the long term. Life will be pretty similar a year from now, but probably really different in 10 years. 2007 – 1st iPhone. Today – more mobile devices than human beings….
Afternoon tea A quintessential British pastime since the 1800s to fill the break between breakfast & dinner. Traditional menu – finger sandwiches, scones, cakes, teas – can be given a modern twist to reflect art, fashion or other cuisines. For business or pleasure, “there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to…
Memory Human short-term memory only holds 7 items at a time. So stick to ‘7 or less’ rule when it comes to categories – on websites, talks, instructions, slides. Naming of categories is also important – shouldn’t have to click/ read more to know what’s in there. Category page on e-commerce websites harks back to…
Yet Shredded, yet twice as valuable as before. Voted UK’s 2017 best-loved artwork. Self-destructed via hidden mechanism in frame moments after auction sale of £1.04m ($1.37m) on 5 Oct. Value isn’t fixed or tangible; it’s embedded in perceived benefit in the beholder’s mind Guessed the Word? Series…