Undisruptable

Teambuilding, corporate wellness and resilience training all have a worthwhile place.

Not if the stress is coming from your own organisation though.

This week: new research from Oxford University on why so many of these initiatives ... don't work, and may make things worse.

And more effective things you can do instead.

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NYT story: Workplace Wellness Programs Have Little Benefit, Study Finds

Flight Of The Conchords: Business Time Live 2007

This week is all about rizz. The Oxford word of the year.

Should you use it in business?

This week, the deep, weird embarrassment of older folk trying to use Gen Z slang at work. Or anywhere.

Including two words guaranteed make any Gen Z person nauseous.

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Dad dance science story https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lets-do-the-cringe-why-dad-dancing-was-designed-to-repel-20091217-l028.html

How are you going to grow your business in 2024?

Because growth is good, right?

Mostly but not always. The 10x growth mindset, particularly in B2B, is that of the pickup artist.

 Eternally on the cruise for new “targets”*. Talking lots about yourself. The thrill of the pursuit, the adrenalin surge of beating your competitors, the flex of announcing your latest win in the trade media.

This week: how to develop more profitable growth. Get it from your existing customers.

I rarely write directly of our work at Scene Change but you get the occasional milestone moment. We recently did the LED stage backdrop for the ARIAs broadcast. (For

We got there by having the wrong plan from the day we opened. From that, a new theory to explain the world of sales and suppliers that might make your life less disappointing.

I’ve been thinking about the best half dozen business people I know. These are people who will never share their success secrets on LinkedIn, or appear in the business media.

They just run successful, fast-growing, absurdly profitable businesses with motivated staff who rarely leave.

And run rings around most of their competitors.

I’ve realised the one thing they all have in common.

I'm a big fan of being supportive with suppliers. It's good for your business. But sometimes they cross the line.

This week, we look at the signs that it's time to bring the hammer down and find new suppliers.

AirBNB doesn't have to be any sort of competitor to you.

But bit by bit, it can strangle your business.

Here's how, and how to avoid them getting you.

Are you in management? There's management, then there's Capital-M management.
Capital-M managers are super-annoying to your staff and clients.
You haven't read about them in Harvard Business Review yet but stay ahead of the curve with this week's story.

Here's the Chesterton's Fence story I refer to

There’s a cliched view of charm and persuasiveness as being ‘silver-tongued’. It is the opposite of that.

Charm is mostly shutting up, listening and observing.

And you'll be much more charming if you don't use two words that people love to use, thinking they're helping.

This week, a deep dive on those two words.

I’m not a literal grandparent, but I like the sound of those moments grandparents speak of. Having a great time with the grandkids without being responsible for every damn detail of their lives 24/7.

That’s where our business is at now, metaphorically, and it is a sweet feeling.