Episodes
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Riot Pointers 18: How to avoid giving your colleagues the middle finger
We need to treat big problems as we hope our medical advisors treat us—-with a clear and agreed understanding of the problem at hand. In this episode of Riot Point Radio you get the solution the palm of your hand.
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Riot Point Radio Ep 16: Isolation special. Can we talk business? Please.
It's time to start pouring concrete again. Get ready for the day after chaos
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Riot Point Radio Ep 15: Miserable levels of customer feedback? Pavlov and Pink Floyd can fix that .
Customer service research is a cost-effective way to drive up sales at ever increasing prices. It’s also a remarkable tool for taking out risks in new product development.And, as a bonus you get customer needs spelt out in customer language. What a treasure trove for executives. But after early...
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Riot Point Radio Ep 14: Three letters that will stop you going bust!
The most important acronym for your business is not ROI. it’s ABM. What’s ABM? ABM is Always Be Marketing. Lack of it can kill your business. A colleague of mine learnt this lesson the hard way. Don’t less this tale happen to you
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Riot Point Radio Episode 13: The life and times of the creative adaptor
When you solve problems, do you prefer to think out of the box? In fact, do you take a sledge hammer to the box and pulp it. If so, then you’re an innovative problem solver (and a muscular one too it would appear) according the Kirton Adaptor Innovator theory or KAI. Or do prefer to be creative…
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Riot Point Radio Episode 12: Oh, Doctor can you help me?
Well, if you want rapid uptake up of your products, services or ideas you should hit these 3 points, 1. Solve an observable (and ideally big) problem 2. Resolve it rapidly and 3. Benefit of all participating parties.
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Living life as a high-innovator: "Doing expenses is like blotting paper for the soul"
Living life as a high-innovator is fun—and tough. Stimulating and energetic when you’re in your preferred style. Sapping and claustrophobic when you’re not. In this episode of Riot Point Radio learn how to reveal the strengths to others, while adopting coping strategies to deal with the less fun...
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Poor communicator? Don't worry. It's not your fault. But here's how to fix it.
Been in a presentation so boring that you wish the presenter had given up the will to live? Or been exasperated by emails which go on and on, screen after screen, but never come to the point? Or worse, have you feared that ’tis you who is the drab presenter or the tedious typer of text. Don’t...
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The two most important words in marketing are......?
And as children, we weren’t excited by the meat and two veg. “What’s for afters?” we cried. Likewise our customers are begging with us, pleading with us, to answer to that very same question. While we’re boring them with exotic descriptions of the meat and two veg, they’re shouting, “What’s for...
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Being bland is bad for your Brand: Here's how to stand out from the crowd
You take the greatest risk with your brand when you run with the crowd. Every marketing dollar is wasted. Humans are wired to spot the difference. If your difference improves your customers life, tell them--their language. For Riot Pointer tips and tricks every Tuesday, sign up at...
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This leadership tool smells but doesn't stink. Try it.
The best leadership advice I ever received was practical and yielded results immediately upon application. From where did I get it? Well, it didn’t come from a fancy business school. And it didn’t come from a leadership guru. No, this advice was pummelled, punched and bathed in sweat before it…
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Your best work is ahead of you--if you do this.
You should be getting better and more valued with experience. Who wouldn’t want people banging on their door seeking their advice and ideas. Or people placing orders for what you are offering—and happy to pay the higher prices. But as well as being more valuable to others, your batteries should…
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Strategy review looming? Get out your sextant.
Strategy review looming? Get out your sextant
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Forget logic. It's emotion which kicks off action
George knows that logic stimulates thought, but it's emotion that jump-starts action. Well he didn't, but he does now. He is in his mid-50’s and by any measure, especially a tape measure, he is successful. He displays the fruits of his success around his waistline and gives proof to the saying,...
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