Category: Productivity

  • The data obsession

    You can’t manage what you can’t measure. A foundational truth for running a business, but why the obsession with stats in creativity? Stats tell a story but how accurate is that story?

    Creativity is hard to measure and all along, there’s a constant miscommunication between finance and creativity, finance has won the round of requiring stats but that’s only because measuring creativity is HARD.

  • Yes, of course the sales team want that!

    AI gives you more control, no more wait times, just input a prompt and viola! Everything that previously took a team to handle is now available.

    • Your social media post about the event – done!
    • Your flight and accommodation for the event – done!
    • Your visa – done!
    • Car hire/transport – done!
    • Special dietary needs for any catering – done!
    • Updating the company brochure for the event – done!
    • Updating your digital business card and adding the new promo – done!
    • Creating digital billboards and ads for the event – done!

    But wait a mo… you’re in sales, you’re not a one-man startup. You want to SELL, that’s what gets you excited about your work, the stuff above is really NOT your job!

    So instead of your sales team being out there getting sales, they’re doing a bunch of other stuff and trusting that AI is doing it right first time.

    Yesterday I spent about 30 mins updating proposals for sales, yes, they have the template and they can update it themselves, but they know that I can do a much better job.

    We all have enough tools we use to make our workday efficient, but no one really wants ANOTHER tool for job that isn’t theirs.