How ‘present’ are you and your employees?
It was about 3.00 in the afternoon one Tuesday recently and I was walking along a pathway that runs adjacent to a narrow slip road that leads to our local shopping centre. As I looked over towards the entrance I saw a schoolgirl in uniform probably in her mid-teens...
5 tips for better public speaking
I was invited by the organisers of Tech Connect Live to emcee the main stage at their 2022 event. In tandem I was also going to moderate a panel discussion on the 'Evolution of Digital Transformation' and deliver my own keynote 'The Unintended Consequences...
Recession, what recession?
There is a recession coming, how do I know, because every day we get further away from the last one, we get a day closer to the next one, fact. It is very easy to forget past experiences as we enjoy the benefits of the good times, however, we must be...
‘No’ is sometimes the best answer
One of the strange quirks of doing business in Ireland is the inability of the Irish to say 'No'. Now you do not have to be that blunt but you can convey the same sentiment in a nicer way but the message is the same. For example I was introduced to the owners of a...
Has your business journey a clear destination?
I'd like to take you back to a time in your life when you were probably much younger, where the world was your oyster and your curiosity was to take you too many far-flung places on the planet. As a young person it was great to be able to take off and be free and...
Hidden charges update…
I wrote an article about hidden charges with a downloadable spreadsheet see here which was prompted by my experience of being caught out by a couple of experiences where I had taken advantage of a special offer but suddenly found I was paying full...
Are hidden charges going under your radar?
I am annoyed with myself. I am usually careful about subscribing to websites but got caught out recently and that cost me €200.00. I needed a once off QR code so saw a website QRTY and bought one for what I thought was .99cents. However, this was a free trial,...
Why you should declutter your mind
On average we have more than 6,000 thoughts per day running around in our head which could explain why so many of us find it difficult to get to sleep at night or wake up early. Many of these thoughts are about minor things that could be removed if we just...
Let’s make email work for us
How much is email costing your organisation every year, well according to a report from the International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management it is between €5k and €10k per employee per annum. Based on a survey of company email use revealed typically that...
Where is your time being spent?
Time poor is an expression that we seem to hear on a regular basis, and I suppose the question that must be asked is, are we time poor are we using the time available in the most productive way. I have looked at my own usage and how easy it is to slip into bad...