The crisis you seek
Some crises are worth seeking. You can limp on, drained by low-level conflict or conflict avoidance, suffocated by the elephants in the room, for months… Read More »The crisis you seek
communication
Cold frogs
The woman in the camping shop described the sleeping bag as “Warm down to three degrees – a good choice if you’re a real cold… Read More »Cold frogs
On pushing every door
I was recently reminded of the unreasonable impact of finding favour with the right person in the right place: the right source of information, the… Read More »On pushing every door
The Big 1000
On 18th February 2021 I hit 1,000 posts on DriverlessCrocodile, more than 230,000 words. I’ve done plenty of commentary on visitors and traffic before (e.g.… Read More »The Big 1000
“She brings others with her.”
THIS is what you’re looking for as you build your product or program: users/customers/participants who will not only buy what you have to offer*, but… Read More »“She brings others with her.”
Bernadette Jiwa on the New Marketing
Bernadette Jiwa’s The Fortune Cookie Principle is a very good, short and actionable introduction to how to tell your organisation’s story in order to better… Read More »Bernadette Jiwa on the New Marketing
The meeting as forcing function
For all their faults, meetings have virtue as a forcing function: Forcing you to complete tasks you committed to; Forcing you to feed back to… Read More »The meeting as forcing function
The Craft of Research: Booth, Colomb and Williams’ four rules for writing clearly
I highly recommend the Craft of Research as a guide to structuring and writing research. It also contains – in Chapter Seventeen of the third… Read More »The Craft of Research: Booth, Colomb and Williams’ four rules for writing clearly
50 a day (shopfront)
About 50 people pass through DriverlessCrocodile each day (Welcome!). If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that 50 people is plenty for something contagious to spread.… Read More »50 a day (shopfront)
Making the call
In touch is better than out of touch. If you’re wondering if you should get in touch, you probably should. “How are you doing?” “What… Read More »Making the call