An interesting look at how Artificial Intelligence is slowly appearing in our lives. OK – we are long way from androids but Deepmind in London has learned to play Atari games better than any human (all by itself) and its creators have been bought by Google for $300 million. To describe this web site construction
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I’m sometimes asked “how do you manage to keep the flow of blog posts coming, day after day – especially given your schedule. Where does the inspiration and the content come from?” So here are some top tips: write every day – it becomes an embedded habit and, thus, effortless to begin; ignore quality –
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Conversations with prospects and clients, like buses, can sometimes come in threes after a long wait. When that happens, as a consultant, you learn to realise that you are spotting a trend. The conversation that I’m involved in frequently right now starts with: “There aren’t enough hours in the day” “I’m doing 35 hours week
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Patients are like spacecraft that you are attempting to manoeuvre into permanent orbit around Planet Practice. Approach too quickly and they will crash and burn. Too slow and they will swing past, simply accelerating towards their next destination. Too many and they will bump into each other, with potentially disastrous results. If you judge it
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Many forward-thinking owners are now asking their marketing team members to actively manage a Facebook Page for the practice, recognising that social media (and, in particular, Mr Zuckerberg’s little experiment) is an integral part of many patients’ life. Facebook is an advertising company, not a social media site, and they are watching very carefully to
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Just when you think about slowing down a bit……. I’m currently discussing business mentoring and/or digital marketing services with prospects and clients in: UK Ireland Holland Greece Romania India Sweden Australia and in the last 12 months have been fascinated by projects in Luxembourg and Turkey. The arrival of the digital dental business (in all
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What matters most? Normally, at this point, there would be a heart-rending plea that health and happiness are more important than business success. It’s true – but unfortunately only for the normal people out there. We X-Men and X-Women are cursed. We are called to quest. For us – what matters most is BALANCE. When
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Wisdom The Native Americans have a phrase that: “wisdom enters through the wound” The main reason for you to attend dental trade meetings is that you will meet and make friends with a lot of very wise people. People who have lost their shirts in dentistry, have been screwed over by partners, abandoned by banks,
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People   There never will be enough – so make sure you use what you have sensibly. You might think from the comments above that I regard “everyone else” as an enemy. Not so – I have worked with many women in business who have been assisted by a loyal team of wonderful men and
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Money There never will be enough – so make sure you use what you have sensibly. (notice the repetition?) It’s a fact that 9/10 start-ups fail because they run out of cash. I’ve started more then one under-capitalised business in my time and there is little that is more soul-destroying than starting or buying a
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