My philosophy on how to be a better speaker I do a lot of public speaking. I lead a non-for-profit and part of my role is to make the organisation more visible. After years of trial and error, I have honed my process of speaking and presenting, but unfortunately, it takes a lot of work. […]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Building Relationships
Building relationships is a super power. No matter what is happening in the world of technology and business, it all revolves around managing people. This will continue to be true into the future until we are surpassed by computer intelligence. Even then it will probably be important. Building emotional intelligence should be the focus of […]
How to Add Value to Any Meeting
Summarise the meeting The most valuable person in a meeting is the one who can summarise the conversation. I have used this throughout my career and it is one of my best secret weapons. Essentially, what you are doing is creating sense of the random, wandering conversation and turning it into tangible outcomes, decisions, and […]
The Future of our Food
People, Planet, Products. There are many headwinds facing global agriculture. Climate change, inflation, the lingering impacts of COVID, breakdown of supply chains, soaring energy prices, changing consumer expectations. It’s a lot to take in. Even more so for the average family farm focusing on producing their crops. How do these growers embrace challenges and find […]
How to Manage Up
Effective relationship management with your boss As the Executive Officer of my not-for-profit, I am accountable to the board. This sounds great, but in reality, this means that instead of having one boss, I have 10. In order to effectively manage my time and achieve the business goals, I need to be really good at […]
How to have your own ideas
Control your mind and think creatively With the access to entertainment and distraction we have today, it is so easy to go weeks or months without having to craft your own thoughts or opinions. We get caught up in the constant swirl of the news or social media that we don’t give ourselves time to […]
The future of agriculture is human
For decades we have been telling young people that a job in agriculture was an undesirable thing. It’s dirty, long, gruelling work that doesn’t pay. Young people have been much better off pursuing high paying, competitive jobs in Law, Medicine, heaven forbid… Marketing! Well the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost and we are […]
Intention has a smell
How often do you call bullshit? If you have ever dealt with another human before, you would have found yourself in a situation where their words don’t quite fit. There is just something off about the interaction. Humans are an incredibly socially aware species. We can discern facial expressions and intonation to identify when the […]
A Brief Note on Mind Control
A mindset shift I am a passionate person. I often swear whilst driving. I get frustrated in the supermarket. People in general get on my nerves. You get it. I was going through life with a loveable disdain for even the mildest inconvenience. But it wasn’t making my life better. Until it dawned on me. […]
How to ACTUALLY build Better Relationships
My fool proof guide to networking and building relationships You hear it all the time, the importance of relationship building, especially from career guru’s and motivational speakers. They talk about the importance of psychology, manipulation techniques, and communicating and they hand out all these complex tools and protocols, and that’s great… but … We all have […]