I refer you to Colin Campbell’s blog yesterday (and don’t forget to scroll down and read the subsequent comments added by myself, Colin and Steve Hudson): http://www.campbellacademy.co.uk/blog/the-future-of-dentistry Possibly one of the most important blog posts you will read this year? If (and only if) the alleged situation is accurate, it signifies the beginning of that
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I’ll be speaking at next week’s BOS conference in Manchester and, with Ashley Latter, networking for most of the day – so please come over and say “hello” if you see the Two Reds hunched over a laptop (we’ll be plotting world domination and messing about with our podcasting software). Dental Tribune asked me to
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I’m delighted that this event is going ahead from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October 2017. Those attending are going to benefit from total immersion in their 2018 personal and business plan – personally coached by me and sharing the experience with similar couples, all of whom share the ownership and work inside independent
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For some reading this post, today will be the first day of the new UDA year and: a sigh of relief that you can get back to delivering NHS dentistry after completing your UDAs some weeks ago a celebration on finishing on target a weekend of stress, wondering just how big the latest clawback will
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In any business – yours, mine, your suppliers – we all need protocols and conversations. The protocols are the way we do things – systems. The conversations are the ways in which we communicate – with each other, with our clients and with our suppliers. Most days I meet with dental businesses that are working
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It’s been just one week back at work and there is now one more sleep before I depart for Heathrow tomorrow and an evening flight to Oman. The following 21 days will be truly off the grid, with a spot beacon as the only way that our nearest and dearest can keep track of our
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Two conversations in the space of one hour. Conversation 1 – former client Caller: “Chris, we grossed £1.2m last year fully private in our market town and we have been approached by a new micro-corporate who have offered £2.04m for the goodwill and they will let us keep the property. Do you think this is
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Food I fell off the Paleo nutrition tracks about 3 months ago and have steadily allowed the dreaded yet delicious carbs back into my life. It seems that in the last few days my body has decided to send me messages hailing “enough already!” and the main manifestation of that has been a sense of
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I mentioned in a Facebook Live transmission last night that I’m starting my journey through an online course offered through Udemy by Seth Godin on the subject of Value Creation (its a bargain at £47.00 – just search for Seth Godin’s Value Creation Masterclass HERE). Even the first section has me thinking about: what value
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On Saturday at one of my favourite London CPD venues Seminars at 38 I attended the inaugural meeting of FIDES. A total of 16 in actual attendance, representing over a dozen micro-corporates and one owner who joined via Facetime from overseas. We welcomed visitors from all over the UK and an interesting mix indeed. After an introduction from Trevor
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