Nicholas Bate

Totally, Totally Global Inc, The Novel: mini chapter 21

Previously on Totally, Totally, Global Inc. Sales are down. Morale is low. Strategy has been neglected. Jo has a breakthrough and develops a saga. Jo finds the first person to join his elite team. The 3 point plan. The Saga begins. Jo recruits Hemel. The plan unfolds. The first team meeting. Jo recruits Mary. Searching for Mission HQ. Finding the perfect spot. Trying to pitch to 'the man'. The man says 'do it!'

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 At his desk he put on his noise silencing headphones and got his mail back to zero. 

He updated his key action list.

Removing his headphones he rang Sarah in facilities and that was now sorted.

He grabbed his notebook and headed out to Caffeine Molecule.

Doppio, pencil, fresh page. Who would make up the rest of the team?

Agreed:

1. Jo: strategy
2. Hemel: sales
3. Mary: IT

Needed:

1. project manager crucial.
2. Mobile computing specialist
3. Design guru
4. Client research
5. the money person

That needed to become a list of four. He'd handle money. OK: his ideal team:

Project Management had to be Kathy. Super focused and brilliant interpersonal skills. A rare PM who could both create a Gantt chart and calculate the critical path  but also able to (nicely) cajole people to hit the milestones. He wanted her on the team.

Mobile Computing had to be Tim. That guy lived and breathed small capability; some of the conversations he had with him in the canteen had been incredible. Yep, he wanted him on the team.

Design. Ex-apple and one of the few differentiators Totally still had: all interfaces both looked good and were a joy to use. Yes. Vipul; needed to be on the team

Last but not least Henri. Such a great guy but such a recluse. A master of behavioural understanding. A must.

Progress continued. He felt good.

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TBC...

DID you miss mini chapters 1?, 2?, 3?, 4? , 5?, 6?, 7?, 8?, 9?, 10?, 11?, 12? 13?14?, 15?, 16?, 17?, 18?, 19?, 20?

BONUS: How To Be Brilliant.

Annie Mueller

is well and truly back.

May 2017 Redux 7

1. Totally, Totally Global Inc. The Novel.
2. 7 Greatest Threats to Planet Earth.
3. Why We Love The Beatles
4. The Basics: Coffee to Cooking, Presenting to Productivity
5. Take a Day Off
6. 41 Power Lists including 22 Things to do on Planet Earth
7. Small Wins including Accept Graciously when The Universe Outmanoeuvres You.

Bonus 1: You, Only Better

Bonus 2: January 2017 Redux.

Bonus 3: February 2017 Redux

Bonus 4: March 2017 Redux

Bonus 5: April 2017 Redux

Bonus 6: The Essential Posts of 2016

Bonus 7: The Essential Posts of 2015

Bonus 8: The Smart Bloggers 

The Basics: E-Mail 7

1. Read this twice.
2. and then....
3. Decide your batch times.
4. Decide stake-holders with whom you need to agree response times. Make agreements.
5. How many e-mails currently in your in box? Reduce by 10%/day over the next week or so.
6. Goal: zero e-mails stored in in-box.
7. Revise/re-configure categories for mail filing.

Basics: Running 7; Meetings 7; Strategic Marketing 7; Leadership 7

Basics: Wellness 7; Coffee 7; Creativity 7; Presenting 7

Basics: Fast, Wholesome Cookery 7; Fitness 7; Productivity 7

Basics: Sales 7; Negotiation 7

Basics: Writing 7; Career 7; Simple Meditation 7

Basics: Mindset 7; International Travel 7

Basics: Parenting 7; Reading 7

Extra Bonus: You, Only Better

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times, 220

Take a day off.

Go fishing. Go hiking. Listen to albums in their entirety. Learn how to sharpen that axe and chop wood. Wander, wonder and be a little wild.

Take a day off and feel weeks better.

22 Words to Use More Frequently

1. Resourceful
2. Intelligence
3. Nutritious
4. Move
5. Sun-rise
6. Creativity
7. Think
8. Book
9. Kaizen
10. Plan
11. Opera
12. Pay-off
13. Dance
14. And
15. Strategy
16. Facts
17. Art
18. Perspective
19. Investment
20. Slow
21. Be
22. Learn

Bonus 1: Hunter-Gatherer 21 Century, Two Score & Ten; Bonus 2: 22 Things to do on Planet Earth; Bonus 3: 22 Ways to Feel Better, More of the Time.

Bonus 4: 22 Things They Still Don't Teach You at Business School; Bonus 5: 22 Stupid Things Large Organisations Do; Bonus 6: Slow 22

Bonus 7: 22 Reasons Your 2017 is Going To Be Awesome; Bonus 8: The Fundamental Problems with Powerpoint. Still. 22

Bonus 9: 22 Ways to be an Awesome Conference Speaker; Bonus 10: Love Presenting Hate (Badly Used) PowerPoint

Bonus 11: The 22 Fundamental Errors Large Organisations Still Make; Bonus 12: Brilliant at the Basics of Business; Bonus 13: Routes to Less Stress 22

Bonus 14: That Other F Word; Bonus 15: What's Wrong with The Typical Corporate Selling Machine, 11; 

Bonus 16: 22 Reasons 79% of any Workforce is Woefully Unproductive; Bonus 17: 22 Ways To Create a Small, Simple, Start-Up.

Bonus 18: 22 Ways to Get Better at Anything; Bonus 19: 22 Routes to Becoming Unstoppable.; Bonus 20: Re-boot 22

Bonus 21: 22 Ways to Better Results at the Gym; Bonus 22: 11 Ways to Fix that Presentation; Bonus 23: 22 Things to do on Vacation

Bonus 24: 11 Things to do in September; Bonus 25: 22 Things to do at Work; Bonus 26: 22 Ways to Reduce Stress; Bonus 27: 22 Things to Learn

Bonus 28: 22 Pretty Straightforward Productivity Boosters; Bonus 29: The 22 Steps to Getting What You Want in 2017

Bonus 30: The 22 Reasons Earth wins 'best planet ever, anywhere' award 2016; Bonus 31: The Less of Eleven

Bonus 32: 11 Ways Any Company Can Really Impress The (Potential) Customer; Bonus 33: 22 Ways To Build Your personal Brand

Bonus 34: 11 Things To Write in your New Moleskine Notebook; Bonus 35: 11 Ways to Better Quality Sleep; Bonus 36: 11 Ways to get a Fresh Idea

Bonus 37: 22 High Value (but just 10 minute) activities; Bonus 38: 11 Helpful Contrasts; Bonus 39: 22 Essentials for Thriving in the 21C Urban Jungle.

Bonus 40: 22 Healing Activities in A World of the Electron

Pictures from India and Nepal

with Todd Sattersten.

The Shiants

with Adam Nicholson: Sea Room.

Boost Your Cookery Book Library

with Kurt Harden.

Why We Love The Beatles (v2) 2 of 100

Paul lit a cigarette: whether it was the last of the night or the first of the day, he wasn't sure. He was tired as he leaned against the window frame but not exhausted: he looked out across the roof-tops of London and could just hear the first faint strains of Sgt. Pepper starting to play. It was out; the lads were really pleased with the tracks, although it was a shame George Martin wouldn't include Penny Lane nor Strawberry Fields. The actual cover was incredible. Whatever happened now, no other band would ever touch them. They were absolutely, definitely no-doubt-about-it: toppermost of the poppermost.

Now re-mastered by Giles Martin

The Back-Story

Reason 1: Story-tellers....