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My epic communication fail…… The 4 Foot Post Story
This week has been about failures in communication. I’ve ended up with 16 feet of timber for fence posts, excellent. Unfortunately it wasn’t in the shape of the two 8 foot lengths I needed. I got four...
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Florence Nightingale; the mother of Infographics? (btw she was also a nurse……)
This week I’ve had a few interesting conversations following this exchange: Question, “What did Florence Nightingale do? ” Typical response, “She was a Nurse……(of course!)“. But….. “did you know she...
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Good Enough is Good Enough, the law of diminishing returns.
Before I start this is not a rallying call for mediocrity or dumbing down. There are many people with deeply held views on ‘good enough is not good enough’. I’d prefer not to offend them. This a post...
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Helping without being directly helpful – Mandarin English and Sabotage
Many years ago in a galaxy far far away I ran a series of improvement workshops with a big organisation. The final session was about developing an action plan and things were going swimmingly. The...
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Winston Churchill and the ‘fight them on the beaches’ Pie Chart
Recently I was Guest Editor for Comms2Point0. Thank you to Dan Slee and Darren Caveney for the invite. Here’s the post I wrote: Excellent News! Through extensive research* I’ve located a picture of...
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Corporate Reporting – What can we learn from Fast Food Vendors?
“A picture is worth a thousand words…, “ an idea that is universally recognised, frequently used in business, but not often seen where it might have most impact – Senior Executive/Board meetings....
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