Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 65 starts soon…. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 64 spelt L-O-R-D-A-L (DOLLAR) Series 63 spelt V-I-A-G-A-T-E-N (NAVIGATE) Series 62 spelt A-I-M-X-O (AXIOM) Series 61 spelt D-I-N-E-X-J (JINXED) Series 60 spelt …
Category: Series 64 – Dollar
Lag How to reset a business or a career successfully? 1st lesson: Don’t rush; allow for lag. Configure for a safe pause. Prepare for a period of limbo. Toughen up for the restart acceleration. Do the reset in distinct stages, to help identify what’s OK, and what needs fixing. Rethinking place & purpose. Go follow…
Away UK office workers are still away. Early Aug 2020 – 84% of French office workers were back at their desks, compared to only 37% of Britons, and 75% of Germans, Spanish & Italians. 1/4 of Britons are only turning up at the office part-time. We’re all in this together? Er, no Guessed the Word? …
Do To Do. 3 months to 2021. Tell your story. Plan the future. Use Covid to create something entirely new? 1812 Growing trade in London inspired John Letts to combine a journal with a calendar & invent the diary. Size & format expanded from desk to pocket & specialist diaries, & the product became a…
Reset Covid reset: more of us are now content with less, as it’s often the best use of resources. Instead of updating or upgrading, many are fine with the same or less, if that frees up time, money or energy for other priorities. Go for bottom-of-the-range. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Less is more Guessed the Word? …
On Always on culture: It’s the weekend; are you working? 1/3 of UK workers do paid work on Saturdays/Sundays. Who are they? Men rather than women, and 34% of the self-employed, compared to 22% of employees. Top 5 sectors for weekend work are Food & Beverage, Gambling, Farming, Accommodation and Retail. The longest hours are…
Lift Lifting lockdown tricky issue: who returns to the office & who continues to work from home? It’s unclear which side of the age divide suffers more – older staff lonely at home, or youngsters risking Covid-19 going out to work. Dividing workers makes us squirm, but must be done to save the most lives…