Musings

  • CMX Global Connect 2020 — Event Recap

    CMX Global Connect 2020 — Event Recap

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    CMX Global Connect — A Virtual Conference for Community Professionals Three weeks have flown past since the first ever 100% virtual CMX Global Connect! Back on April 28 2020, CMX Global Connect was a one-day virtual conference that brought together a truly global community, online. I joined over 2000 other passionate community professionals for 6 hours of…

  • Intranet Reloaded — 4 Key Takeaways

    Intranet Reloaded — 4 Key Takeaways

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    Some thoughts after attending Intranet Reloaded from home 2020, and 4 key takeaways. Transforming a two-day physical event into a 100% online experience is no easy task! Kudos to the we.CONECT team — a great job to adapt the format of the physical event. In numbers Over 400 attendees for 2 days, packed with over 20 sessions. Intranet Reloaded Berlin, is the kind…

  • Forget Setting Goals. Make better small decisions

    Forget Setting Goals. Make better small decisions

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    Forget setting goals. Just make better small decisions. And trust you will get where you’re meant to be.

  • Starting out in uncertain times

    Starting out in uncertain times

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    What a year 2020 has started out, and promises to be a rough ride. For me personally it represents setting out on new adventures, I’m building something with my good friend Sergio. In starting Five30am, Sergio and I see it as a vehicle that enables us to do meaningful work. For us this means helping people…

  • Examining the impact of Covid-19 on B2B

    Examining the impact of Covid-19 on B2B

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    Whether we’re starting out, or a mature organisation, with the appearance of coronavirus, businesses globally are facing very real and serious unexpected challenges. With government-imposed closures of many non-essential sectors, whole supply-chains are being put on pause. As is often the case, the smaller companies are being hit the hardest. B2B in crisis A good example…

  • Consulting is broken!

    Consulting is broken!

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    Too often when a consultant is reluctantly hired, far too late in the game, at an exorbitant rate, with little chance and less interest in making a real impact, and their eyes on the cheque at the end of the engagement. Then let’s consider the BS, the jargon, the purported best-practice, all designed to obscure…