Blog: Seasonal

What I Learnt In 2020

Picking up my 2020 Diary, a Post-it note floated to the ground. From early February, it said, “Book Newquay to Gatwick flight – 21st May.” Or, in other words, yet another reminder of something that didn’t happen this year, expectations that were shed and a backward glance at a more innocent ‘before’ – all rolled(…)

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Gifts for all Seasons

(And where to find them)

At this time of year, our thoughts turn to gifts. But I’m not going to be joining the blogging crowds down those seasonal paths of well-worn cliché. This is about a different category of gifts. The gifts, if we learn to recognise them, that keep on giving. The gifts we can harness and put to(…)

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When Transparency Isn’t The Full Ticket

A Traveller's Tale

I wrote this sitting on a train, heading home from a rather wonderful holiday. My time away was however, bookended by a couple of troublesome journeys. Of course things go wrong, delays happen – it’s inevitable and not unexpected – but what made the experience of delay and difficulty all the worse was the fact(…)

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And Goodwill To All Men

How to mine for business storytelling gold

You live most of your life in those days that sit ordered, unlabelled and anonymous in the calendar. You end up making something of them because life isn’t all Christmas Day or a summer Bank Holiday weekend, birthday or anniversary. Those days when there’s nothing much to prepare or hope for, can offer the most(…)

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Where is the Love?

A Marketing Reality Check

Valentine’s Day – maybe you’re a romantic or maybe you take a cynical view of the hearts, flowers, chocolates and fizz that commodify love. But stop and think for a minute about that word – love – how often do you use it? How often do you say “I love…” followed by something you saw(…)

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‘Tis the season…

For resolutions - or is it?

Christmas done, a New Year just hours away. One thing it certainly is – for us anyway – is the season for taking time. Taking time over food, over spending time together, over watching old favourites on TV and discovering words of wisdom to fortify us on our journey to next year’s end. And the(…)

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