Marketing Trend: Consumers Talk

Marketing Trend #11 - Consumers to Producers

This is marketing trend #11 in a series of 14 marketing trends adapted from Seth Godin’s book Meatball Sundae. Previously in this series: Blink Attention Consumers Talking to Producers Previously, organizations were able to distant themselves from their customers: Appalling phone service (tell me about it!), employing middle men to sell to us, ignoring email […]

Clayton Christensen: Measure Your Life

Clayton Christensen - Measure Your LIfe

The Book Clayton Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, How Will You Measure Your Life Book Reviews It’s kinda strange to be writing a Book Review about Book Reviews. And, in this case, it’s relevant. This book was originally published in 2012. And, back then I was excited that Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, creator of […]

Marketing Trend: Blink Attention

Marketing Trend #10 - Blink Attention

This is marketing trend #10 in a series of 14 marketing trends adapted from Seth Godin’s book Meatball Sundae. Previously in this series: Authentic Stories Blink Attention One of the powerful elements of Old Marketing was the relatively few competing messages. You could buy up a few slots on your favourite TV channel and lots […]

Marketing Trend – Authentic Stories

Marketing Trend #9 - Authentic Stories

This is marketing trend #9 in a series of 14 marketing trends adapted from Seth Godin’s book Meatball Sundae. Previously in this series: Infinite Channels. Authentic Stories In the marketing days of old, businesses were easily able to tell us what they wanted us to hear using relatively few publication and broadcast sources. Generally, we […]

Mark Molony – Mighty Mindfulness

In Episode 71 of the Ideas Architect Podcast we talk with Mark Molony about mindfulness and it’s usefulness to help you lead the way in life and at work. Mark Molony Mark Molony has worked with thousands of people from many different walks of life to help them learn and deal with life and work. […]

Leadership Trend: Accumulate Meaning

Self-Leadership Trend 6 - Accumulate Meaning

This is the sixth of six in a series of self-leadership trends adapted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind. Previously in this series were: Function and Design Argument and Story Focus and Symphony Logic and Empathy Seriousness and Play Over the years most of us have accumulated a lot of things. Some of […]

Marketing Trend: Infinite Channels

Marketing Trend #8 - Infinite Channels

This is marketing trend #8 in a series of 14 marketing trends adapted from Seth Godin’s book Meatball Sundae. Previously in this series: Hits to Niches. Infinite Channels In the Old Marketing it was relatively easy to get noticed. You simply bought up lots of mass media advertising – eyeballs – and people noticed. Hopefully, […]

Leadership Trend: Serious and Playful

Self-Leadership Trend #5 - Serious and Playful

This is the fifth of six in a series of self-leadership trends adapted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind. Previously in this series were: Function and Design Argument and Story Focus and Symphony Logic and Empathy Sometimes we need to be serious. And, if you want to be happy, healthy and more successful […]

Susan Weinschenk: 100 Things

Susan Weinschenk - 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People

Would you believe this is the third book that I’ve read called 100 Things! That’s pretty amazing really given they are all on completely different topics. The first was about Sebastian Terry’s Bucket List and 100 things that he wanted to accomplish in his life. The second was by Dave Bruno who set out to […]

Leadership Trend: Logic and Empathy

Leadership Trend 4: Logic and empathy

This is the fourth of six in a series of self-leadership trends adapted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind. Previously in this series were: Function and Design Argument and Story Focus and Symphony Logical thought is a skill that has been crucial for building the world in which we live. It still is. […]