The Secret to Creating Message Envy
Message Envy As the Ideas Architect I spend a lot of time looking at the communication of ideas. You could say I’m obsessed. I’m constantly checking out signs, advertising, labels, book covers, blogs and more to see what and how they organize and share their message. Mostly, I’m highly critical. I don’t mean negative, I […]
Susan Orlean Create Powerful Stories
Susan Orlean is a staff writer at the New Yorker, author of numerous books and author of the Skillshare course ‘Creative Non-Fiction’. In a recent interview with Mitch Joel on the Twist Image podcast (episode #434) she shares the key to creating powerful stories. The key is to be able to switch mindsets from learner […]
The Presentation Secrets of Seth Godin
Previously, I wrote about having lunch with Seth Godin. And, in particular, the three key ideas from his presentation. As a fellow presenter, it’s almost automatic for me to take two sets of notes when in someone else is on stage. I’m constantly checking their content (what they say) and their presentation style and structure […]
Lunch with Seth Godin
Recently I had lunch with Seth Godin courtesy of my good friend Bill Jennings. I’d like to say it was just me and Seth and… It was in a room with 300 others at a Business Chicks event in Melbourne. As usual for me watching a live presentation I’m always tracking both ‘how’ they do […]
Are You Setting Yourself Up for Failure?
As I write this I’m sitting in a cafe at Federation Square in Melbourne. To get here I’ve just strolled along Southbank by the Yarra River on a bright sunny day. I was looking for ‘the’ place to sit and write for an hour or two until my next meeting. I was particularly interested in […]
A Change of Direction
Red Dog Change can be a funny thing. I was watching the Australian movie Red Dog the other night when it was on the telly. It’s based on a true story of a dog that wanders around the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The dog is a friend to everyone and a servant to no […]
Can I Buy You Lunch?
My Start as a Business Consultant To some extent, I began my career as a consultant or business coach by being paid in food. Essentially, people started to say, “Can I buy you lunch and pick your brain” or something like that. At first, I used to think this was a wonderful thing. All I […]
Blind Strengths: Unlock Your Expertise
Strengths, Weaknesses and Hidden Talents I’ve had another thought in the series I’ve been writing around working in your strengths, overcoming your weaknesses and exposing your hidden talents. In particular, we spoke about our hidden talents… the things we do that we don’t share with others. I think there’s another group of strengths that are […]
How do you do your best work?
Previously, we wrote about The End of the Desk and we considered three massive workplace trends. Also, I’ve been writing a bit lately about working in your strengths, overcoming your weaknesses and exposing your hidden talents. When you bring all of this together you reach this basic and fundamental question: How do you do your […]
The End of the Desk: 3 Massive Workplace Trends
Three Workplace Trends In the not so recent past, there was a fundamental presumption that doing your best work happened as you sat at your desk in front of your computer. Offices over the past century were all based on this line of thinking. Today, this presumption no longer fits. Like most things, the traditional […]