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I first wrote about “Empire Avenue” in 2012. Three times actually: March 12th, 2012 : Empire AvenueApril 8th, 2012 : Empire Avenue - ReduxMay 2nd, 2012 :...

Nifty Thoughts

March 27, 2021

Nifty seems to be the popular name for NFTs - something I wrote about just last week. Nifty: very attractive or appealingvery pleasant or enjoyablevery...

F is for 'Fungible'

March 19, 2021

The format of last week’s newsletter seemed to be well accepted. I haven’t forgotten that I need to close out the two questions; Is It Just Semantics and...

Just Three Things - Again

March 14, 2021

It clearly has been a week … which I had already intimated in the newsletter that you didn’t receive because I sent it to the wrong list. Sorry. Enjoy. It’s...

Where Is It All Going?

March 5, 2021

I know. Still no answers! Rather some connected links Clubhouse I wrote about them back in January. Commenting on the way through that this notion that you...

Pause ...

February 26, 2021

It’s been an odd week. Has it for you? No need to go into detail, except to say that this is not the newsletter you are expecting. To answer the question “Is...

Question : Would You Pay Friends For Stuff?

February 23, 2021

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash Let me provide some context. Axios published this at the end of January. Long story short, big tech (Facebook at al) have...

If You Were Queen For A Day

February 19, 2021

One reader did manage to recall the TV series that ran from 1956 to 1964. (You know it’s from those times when you read in the IMDB summary; Usually, each...

Question : Is It Just Semantics?

February 16, 2021

Photo by Mauro Tandoi on Unsplash Play, Purpose, Passion, and Play is a model I use to counteract the need to ‘manage Work/Life Balance’. But what is the...

Why Do You Work?

February 12, 2021

My thanks to each and every one of you for responding to the first question in this new series of newsletters. Photo by AR on Unsplash Some great thoughts...

Question: If You Were Queen For A Day

February 9, 2021

‘Queen For A Day’1 Photo by Ashton Mullins on Unsplash What is the one thing you would change? Why? What is the one thing you wouldn’t change? Why? Would the...

Question: Why Do You Work?

February 2, 2021

Not Subscribed? We can help … Subscribe now Photo by AR on Unsplash Assume that you have everything you need to live your life. Would you continue doing...

Ch Ch Ch Changes

January 26, 2021

A couple of weeks ago I asked if you would like to see the People First podcast delivered through this newsletter. The emails you sent made it clear. “No....

A Newsletter On And About Substack

January 21, 2021

Not Subscribed? We have a button for that! Subscribe now This ‘newsletter’ (it’s neither a ‘letter’ nor ‘news’) is made possible by a company called...

Mot et Son

January 13, 2021

Did one of your awfully nice friends let you know about this post. Make sure you don’t miss out on future editions … Subscribe now Photo by Jeremy Enns on...

In No Particular Order

January 8, 2021

Links to the newsletters that resonated with People First readers throughout 2020. The calculation coming from a combination of the total number of views,...

Happy New Year

December 31, 2020

Not subscribed? There’s a button for that! Subscribe now My third year to ‘take three words’. 2019 : Uncertain | Less | Different 2020 : Believe | Move |...

Seasons Greetings

December 24, 2020

Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash... These aren’t my words, search and you will find them all over the internet. The copy on my drive has been there since...

Where Do You Work

December 17, 2020

If you aren’t already subscribed … there’s a button for that! Subscribe now Forget the reasons, the idea has arrived. People no longer need to work in an...

060 | I Want Solid Gold Toilet Bowls In My House

December 17, 2020

Brilliant conversation with my new friend Steve Brown. If you have half the fun listening that I did - you are in for an experience! Follow Steve On...

Innovation

December 10, 2020

Palettes of artists Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet | Photographs: ©Matthias Schaller/Courtesy Sonnabend Gallery, New York/VG...

059 | Well Now That The Tables Are Turning

December 6, 2020

My occasional host Stuart Robbins turns the tables on me this week, takes over the podcast, starts asking the questions, and takes no prisoners. We talk...

Curation and Collaboration

December 3, 2020

In case you aren’t already - you can now 😄 Subscribe now On Curation Good curators really are a new form of storyteller, in that what they're doing is saying...

058 | Give The Globe Another Spin. Are You In Berlin?

November 27, 2020

Tim's Web Site : https://www.contentadvisory.net/ Tim On Twitter : https://twitter.com/tim\_walters Tim On LinkedIN :...

It's Down To You

November 25, 2020

Up, down … your choice, whichever it is … You are the Key. With a new U.S. president-elect and administration readying itself to take office and pandemic...

057 | I Got My Philosophy (It Keeps My Feet On The Ground)

November 23, 2020

Cristina : The Mental Detox - From Mental Chatter To Things That MatterCristina's WebsiteFind Cristina on LinkedINCristina's Book - Wise Up At WorkRead her...

The Gig Economy Won

November 19, 2020

No, not this gig economy … Photo by Martin Robles on Unsplash … remember those days? BTW - if you got here, without subscribing, we can fix that 😄 Subscribe...

056 | I Never Knew I Was A Techno Fan

November 12, 2020

... except she did. Forever! Cristina DiGiacomo is a philosopher. A philosopher that feels that is so important, that we need to bring it into the workplace...

Progress

November 11, 2020

Got here and not subscribed? Want to? You can … Subscribe now When I was a kid, I lived for 3 years in Singapore. That was long enough ago that you didn’t...

055 | I Don't Know Why They Say Grown Men Don't Cry

November 11, 2020

Conquering the Boundaries of Friendship: Making and Maintaining Meaningful Male Relationships ... was written by today's guest Mark Roman and published a...

People Get Business Done

November 6, 2020

Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash One of the problems we face as we examine the expected impact of technology on life and business in the future is that we...

054 | Real People Do Real Things, So What You Here For?

November 4, 2020

It's longer than I would like - but as you'll see - it could be a lot longer. I am joined this week by a long time associate and business colleague, Mark...

053 | We've Only Just Begun

November 2, 2020

Not much more to say, other than provide the promised links. Subscribe To The Newsletter Join The New Network (It ISN'T Social Media) Check Out The Newly...

Action Speaks Louder Than Words

October 28, 2020

Got here accidentally - and don’t want to miss out in the future? Subscribe now … the awfully nice people at substack have just switched on support for...

Communication Breakdown

October 20, 2020

A personal favourite and part of the ‘People First Wisdom’ canon. Don’t we all recognize the boundaries Douglas refers to?SharePhoto by Pascal Debrunner on...

What's It All About ...

October 16, 2020

Just in case you found yourself here by accident. Are you subscribed? Subscribe now What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?Burt Bacharach Two very...

052 | Something In The Water And The Bones - Rebel Code, Rebel Code

October 12, 2020

It's a question I was asked recently, and it took me a while to formulate my answer. Yes you should - but maybe not .. sometimes it's complicated. It also...

Life Isn't Tidy

October 9, 2020

My upcoming book is a ‘business book for people’. People, of course, aren’t tidy and categorized, so with a name like People First, there is an occasional...

Can You Imagine Fifty People?

October 2, 2020

Just in case you got here and aren’t already subscribed; Subscribe now 🎶 Unless we get together, the world would never surviveAnd the hopes for the world...

051 | Passion, Purpose And On A Sea I Met Destiny

October 2, 2020

The episode was recorded shortly after Episode 49 with LaTonya Peoples During our conversation, Stuart referenced Chadwick Boseman's Howard University 2018...

The Dilemma Is Not Just Social

September 25, 2020

In case you aren’t subscribed … you can fix that. 😄 Subscribe now “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not...

Curiosity

September 19, 2020

… but it turns out it’s essential to human survival. Greg Orme, counts ‘author’ and ‘speaker’ amongst his many talents and he joined me last week on the...

050 | Such A Curiosity - Here It Comes To Set Us Free

September 19, 2020

Greg covers off the 4Cs of humanity; Consciousness, Curiosity, Creativity and Collaboration and helps us understand what we each need to do to maintain our...

Recap

September 11, 2020

Episode 49 of the podcast came out this week. It features LaTonya Peoples. Have to say, people loved it. You can tell by the comments and the fact that in 4...

049 | Call It Serendipity

September 7, 2020

LaTonya Peoples is her name - and you are already acquainted with her - because she is the brains behind the music and the 'musical punctuation' you hear on...

And Then We'll Take It Higher

September 3, 2020

“Oh no we gonna rock down to ‘empire’ avenueAnd then we'll take it higher”An 💡 inspired by the 🎶 of Eddy Grant Episode 48 of The People First Podcast Is...

048 | Define Decision

September 2, 2020

‘The Voice of God’ … opens the episode which is another conversation with Stuart Robbins where we discussed direct, delegated and consensus decision making....

Show Me The Money

August 28, 2020

If you want to subscribe - we’ve made it easy! Subscribe now Before we get going - have you heard the Podcast? Listen NowContinuing my exploration of The...