I wrote recently about the expanding digital landscape, and today I’m going to tell you why I believe that, despite this trend, machines will never do everything. This graphic is an evolving hand out from my presentation in the Practice Plan Business of Dentistry Theatre at The Dentistry Show. In simple terms, I am suggesting
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There comes a point in your career as a manager or an owner when you have to say “goodbye” to an employee, sub-contractor, supplier or client – simply because their core values and your core values don’t match. Sometimes the money side of the relationship is good, the performance of the individual is acceptable but
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I will be speaking about ‘the future of marketing your practice’ at this year’s Practice Management Conference (s) – I hope to see you there! Find out more (and book now!) by visiting: https://www.practiceplan.co.uk/learning-and-development/events/practice-management-conference
A guest post: RECALLING ADVERTISING’S GOLDEN ERA THROUGH A FATHER’S WORK There are many memories of the so-called “golden era” of advertising that are conjured up expertly by Matthew Weiner’s TV show ‘Mad Men’ on AMC Networks. Largely, it is the effort to create a world that somehow captures the excitement of an era that
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There’s no such thing as… • Get results quick • The easy way • Problem-free • Done for you • Passive revenue • Secrets of success “The sure-fire formula that has helped thousands of people just like you to escape from their day-to-day struggle, unleash their potential and enjoy a trouble-free life” So why, I
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I’ve learned a lesson about myself since January this year. I’m getting older. On the bright side, my Barcelona Marathon was a triumph and improved my self-esteem by 1000%, restoring a self-image of myself as a runner. Before then the daily achievements of my dental friends (many of whom are avid cyclists, runners and triathletes
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I’ve been obliged to read through a number of contracts recently, for clients, for 7connections and for myself. In each case I reached the conclusion that the lawyers were focused on covering their client’s backsides if the other party cheated on the deal. The contracts were not codes of conduct, neither were they ideals of
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How to raise my heart rate inappropriately: • Taxi drivers who have to handwrite receipts on little pre-printed cards whilst you are waiting to get out of the cab and catch your train/flight or get home; • Queueing for breakfast in a hotel because the waitress has to: • find your name or room number
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My return to marathon fitness on Sunday 15th March 2015 was the result of many hours, plodding the pavements and trails of (mainly) Cheshire with a real commitment to “get back” to the velocity I enjoyed as a younger man. There is no alternative to just “getting the miles in your legs”. My last few
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What do you see? The sky or the glass and steel roof? Is the roof there to keep the sky out – or the observer in? Back in March 1998 I was at Everest Base Camp chatting with Tom Whittaker, who was attempting to become the first disabled person to summit the peak. He succeeded
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