Mike's Notes

Positive choices

The opening ceremony of the World Cup - and in particular its aftermath - got me thinking about how we choose to see the world.  

Belonging

I attended my mother’s 85^th birthday on the weekend.  In my family there are 4 groups: the sibs (4 boys, 2 girls), the outlaws (our partners), the cuzzies (our children), and the family (our cousins).  Family gatherings have always been an occasion for far too much eating and drinking, lots of singing, good-natured arguments, wildly embellished stories and raucous laughter.  Lunch started at 12.30 and finished at about 8pm – pretty standard for us.
 

The dip

Following any major change there is always a lag...

The forgotten art of marketing

We're in a strange kind of slackwater, a post-boom, post-doom economy.  All that's clear is that it could be like this for a while.  What to do?  As ever, we have to think differently, especially about our marketing...

Nothing wrong to everything right

The gap is sometimes measured in millimetres, not miles. Read more...