A lot of wisdom comes from experience. You learn by doing and that knowledge sticks with you forever. However, learning by doing takes an excruciatingly long time. Naturally, the next best thing is to learn it all from books and apply what you have learned wherever you need to. If you ask us, books are the most valuable resource today as they can save you time and money on mistakes that others have made and documented before you. This is…

The internet is a wonderful place, full of massively important conversations and debates such as: was Will Smith right to slap Chris Rock in the face on arguably the most prestigious stage in the film-making industry? Truly groundbreaking stuff. But shortly before the internet was watching “Slap-that-Celebrity”, there was a raging debate upon whether there are more wheels or doors in the world. It all started on March 5th, 2022, with Twitter user NewYorkNixon tweeted a poll to his followers, telling…

In business, we ALL fill out forms. For most of us, that’s a weekly event, and for many of us, it happens multiple times per day. The list of forms we must fill out is a long one, especially for those of us who work in sales or marketing roles. Registration forms for webinars and virtual events. Registration forms for conferences and industry events. Registration forms for training courses. Registration forms for internal company activities and development programs. Forms for…

Everyone knows what you mean when you ask them, “do you trust the data you use?” And everyone WILL answer you. Perhaps not articulately, but they will have an opinion. “It’s decent”, or “it’s crap”, they will say, and so on. But don’t ask anyone to define what trust is. Sure, the brave ones (like this author) will try to recite the ingredients that make up data quality as though it’s some sort of immutable law. People will try to…