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Subversive – Julian Summerhayes

â€œThe sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.â€� â€• Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind Yes…

Strategy ~ The SatNav phenomenon – Julian Summerhayes

Getting to your destination is easy. The SatNav has seen to that. And I imagine there are fewer arguments between couples. Maps were never very helpf…

Storytelling in the workplace – Julian Summerhayes

It doesn’t really exist. If there’s any narrative it’s been forged, almost as a matter of necessity, around the company’s need to make a profit — in …

Stop trying to be perfect – Julian Summerhayes

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein…

Stop Messing About ~ Appoint Yourself a Social Media Manager – Julian Summerhayes

Having put out a Tweet on Saturday about firms who may have appointed a social media manager, I wasn’t surprised with the deafening response. Not a s…

Stop. And focus. – Julian Summerhayes

It used to be my go-to message. (I think I first read it in one of Michael E. Gerber’s many books.) Don’t ask me why I had to check myself this way b…

Staying open to the moment – Julian Summerhayes

I know, it sounds so terribly contrived and not altogether a little woo-woo. But then again, do we have a choice? The moment that is. No. Now is now …

Staying curious (to the end …) – Julian Summerhayes

This Seth Godin video is all I need to say, but … [B]eing curious is a mixture of intrigue, fear, longing, passion and love. How much of your life ha…

Soul work – Julian Summerhayes

I’ve been in the trenches for over 40 years. It’s been a slog and, sadly, I see no escape. When, eventually, I call time, I’m not sure there will be …

Sometimes – Julian Summerhayes

Sometimes there are no words. No feeling even. The world as we know it…is changing before our very eyes. Not incrementally but in a seismic way. And …

Social Media – Which Page of the Book Are You On? – Julian Summerhayes

I sense a gradual, one page at a time, engagement with social media for professional service firms and the wider business community. I say “one page …

Social Media ~ What really counts as valuable content? – Julian Summerhayes

You have heard it a thousand times: Content is King. But, in truth, content has no (true) value unless someone is prepared to pay hard cash for it. T…

Social Media is more than just syndication – Julian Summerhayes

Ideas travel in space and time. Some have greater propensity to travel and influence than do others (surely you have read the Unleashing the Idea Vir…

Social Media is … – Julian Summerhayes

… more than Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. It is a phenomenon. It is liberating for your firm. It is a window on the world, if you know how to reach …

Social Media – A White Canvass – Julian Summerhayes

Let’s not carried away. The social media Canvass replete with one platform after another. Most firms don’t understand their website proposition, let …

Small steps – Julian Summerhayes

Go big or go home. That’s the message of our time, surely. And look at the mess it’s caused. What if we were encouraged to leave a legacy that meant …

Slowing down – Julian Summerhayes

I’m writing this post the day after my daughter’s 16th birthday. I got two hours sleep — her friends stayed over and didn’t go to bed until around 3a…

Sitting still – Julian Summerhayes

But we rarely do. Sit still. If we do, it’s because we’re forced to — e.g. in the workplace or WFH. In my early years, I rarely sat on a chair and in…

Simplicity? – Julian Summerhayes

A lot has been written about simplicity. My favourite author is John Lane, and I can thoroughly recommend his book Timeless Simplicity. In the main, …

Showing up in the world – Julian Summerhayes

“You will never really think hard about your life until your oxygen mask is taken away from you when you are at the bed of the ocean. At that exact m…

Share your message … – Julian Summerhayes

[I]f you have a passion for your practice area. The blog was your primary engine of engagement, but now at look at the landscape: 1) Google+; 2) Tumb…

Seize the moment – Julian Summerhayes

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Cultivating a practice of sayin…

Saying “Yes” to life – Julian Summerhayes

I shared this Tweet on Sunday: It probably doesn’t mean much to you but it was wrought in a moment of self-reflection, based on what my eldest daught…

Running out of steam – Julian Summerhayes

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road It’s Saturday. Phew. If you’re lucky, you can get off the tr…