Good Writing Is Good Business
I have continued to do my monthly write-ups for the Like Minds Business Breakfasts (although I have been lax in posting links to them here – sorry).
At the end of March, Ajaz Ahmed of AKQA came to the ME Hotel to talk about entrepreneurship and disruption – and his recent book, Velocity.
The talk was well attended. Read my Ajaz Ahmed report on the Like Minds site.
Many of the emails I receive demand a lot of effort from me before I work out what I am being told or being asked to do. I’m reasonably confident that this is not because I’m stupid.
If the recipient of your email has to engage in struggle before starting on any actual task, chances are that the task is going to suffer. Put the effort in up front. At your end.
Get to the point quickly and make sure the point is the one you wanted to make.
I won’t go on. Instead, here’s a perfect Dilbert cartoon that highlights the issue.
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