Month: September 2024

Make it easy to comply

Have you ever asked directions from a stranger, only to find that you forgot the very first item by the end of their explanation? Have you ever asked someone to give you a recipe, and then wish you’d written it down? Some things are better kept simple and broken into

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Be positive

I love the island of Guernsey… but when I first visited I saw notices everywhere telling you what you can and cannot do – don’t sit on a wall in case you fall off, don’t throw stones on the beach, don’t park here, don’t walk along the seawall when there

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Really commit to customers

Although it is a book primarily about building a business, Rework (by Fried and Heinemeier Hansson,  the founders of 37 Signals), has some tips which are equally applicable to doing deals. Focus on diving in When starting a business relationship, they say: Your priorities are out of whack if you’re thinking about getting

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MVP for legals?

When I first started as a construction lawyer, my boss (Alison) was attempting to introduce two types of model documents for construction projects – the Rolls Royce (the best version) and the Morris Minor (a stripped back version). Perhaps not great names, but the idea was that a simpler document

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