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…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 64 starts soon…. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: 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 T-R-I-C-K-Y-A-D-S (YARDSTICK) Series 59 …
Nuisance Getting lots of nuisance calls? Don’t switch off your mobile phone! Scammers are targeting phones to steal money from bank accounts. They persuade your service provider to transfer your number to a new Sim, so your bank’s passcode for withdrawals goes to their phone, not yours. If your mobile suddenly has no service, ask…
Extract Investors now favour Tech Giant services based on data extracted from users. But Silicon Valley’s original focus was on products to empower customers. Now we need Governments to strictly regulate firms with extraction business models – to protect our privacy, public health, innovation, the economy & democracy. This won’t hurt a bit Guessed the…
Threat We guard against cybercrime but what about the threat from the Tech Giants? They extract our data by stealth – not “to improve your experience on the device” but to create new sales routes for themselves. Meanwhile, we are harmed by “influence”, manipulation and fake news. Today’s model of consent is far too loose. …