To put “lipstick on a pig” is a rhetorical expression, used to convey the message that making superficial or cosmetic changes is a futile attempt to disguise the true nature of a product. So, if…
Date Archives June 2017
Bleak Friday — Is Retail: Roast or Toast?
The End by @alexmdc7 “The taste of the roast is often determined by the handshake of the host.” — Benjamin Franklin The Internet and resulting E-commerce has changed retail forever, no surprise there. What is surprising and incomprehensible…
CDO = Chief Deckchair Organiser? — Why Companies Need North Stars
Titanic — James Cameron rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic (idiomatic) To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem. The role…
Why we should consider Career “S”uicide — Reinventing Ourselves
Woot.com We have all been there. “Not another “insert time here” moment”, when we feel like we are but a mouse on a wheel, a cog in the machine and we are not part of…
Frenem-Ais or Digging Our Own Graves?
Frenemies Frenemy — One who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy Frenem-Ai — Ai who helps us in the short term, but may replace us in the long term Why the squiggly lines? reCAPTCHA You know…