Stop Chasing Chimeras The Chimera of ancient Greek mythology was a nightmare amalgamation of lion, goat and snake. Like John Carpenter’s Thing, the Chimera was put together in a grotesque hodge podge, and it was very hard to slay. Unfortunately, all too many websites, apps and other marketing executions become chimeras. The project lead immigrates, […]
Category: Entrepreneurship
Thoughts on being and being better at being an entrepreneur.
Three Days to Bastille Day, What’s Changed?
Three Days to Bastille Day, What’s Changed? Three Days to Bastille Day and one has to wonder, what has changed? Well, there is far greater access to education, to health services, to communication, to transport, to the possibilities of self-enrichment and the possibility of equitable employment and opportunity regardless of gender, race or location. Technology […]
Lazy Right Punishes Left
Lazy Right Punishes Left Are you definitely right-handed? I am not. One of the ultimate examples of the laziness of the industrial system is the punishment of left-handed people. I spent the better part of my first seven years on this planet at the occupational therapist, and received ongoing attacks from a concerned mother to […]
Are You Technically Perfect?
Are You Technically Perfect? Are you really technically perfect? And, if you are, where do you go from there? In the not-so-distant past, and because it’s the past I will stick with the appropriate terms, the professions followed a process of Apprentice – Journeyman – Master. Nowadays, this has vanished in all […]
Cursed to Create
Cursed to Create Do you realise that we as humans have literally been cursed to create? Which is why it baffles me when people attempt to define themselves as “creatives” from a professional point of view, as if doing a bachelor of arts degree somehow means you have cornered the market on being “creative”. My […]
Impostor Syndrome and Ugly Ducklings
Impostor Syndrome and Ugly Ducklings Impostor syndrome is a challenge most of us will face at some point in our lives, but I do wonder if, in most cases, we are not just experiencing being ugly ducklings? What do I mean? In school we are taught to make the grade, and examinations are still the […]
Imagine Hasn’t Aged
Imagine Hasn’t Aged What if you looked at everything with your imagination? Imagine seeing your staff as incredible, talented human beings invested in your success and trusting of your leadship. Imagine seeing your clients as partners changing the world with you into a better place. Imagine seeing your employer as your greatest cheerleader, who believes […]
Warhol or van Gogh – The Creative Conundrum
Warhol or van Gogh – The Creative Conundrum The greatest creative conundrum is the idea of “my calling must pay the bills”, before you have any kind of track record. I don’t think that is fair on your calling, nor is it fair on your waistline. You need to eat. In a voice over class […]
Selling Ice Cubes to Eskimos
Selling Ice Cubes to Eskimos The old school idea of “He could sell an ice cube to an Eskimo” is precisely that, old school and out of touch. And, it’s something well worth remembering if you are in the process of starting up a side hustle or a business. An Inuit doesn’t need ice cubes, […]
How Blue is Your Swimming Pool?
How Blue is Your Swimming Pool? Keeping a swimming pool blue definitely requires work. And, unfortunately, it requires the kind of work that most of us are not taught nor do we learn it in most work environments. You can’t dump a couple of kilograms of chlorine or salt into the pool once a month […]