Friends,
I hope that all is well with you and yours, and that this e-mail finds you on a boat with shoddy connection, in the tropics, three months after I sent it.
Your company could be here.
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Now accepting keynotes for 24Q2-24Q3
Every year, I create three main presentation decks. For 2024, they are:
What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do: How to turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage. (Based on my new book by the same name.)
Regression Toward the Meme: Why modern leadership falls into old traps - and how to avoid them.
The Efficiency Illusion: How to uncover the hidden costs of digital commerce and create profitable growth.
If you want to book me for your event, corporate speaking slot, or workshop, merely send me an email. To make sure I am available, however, please do so at your earliest convenience; my availability is limited and the schedule is filling up fast. More information may be found here.
A couple of updates before we go-go
I am, at long last, back in the saddle. More or less, anyway.
A genuine thank you to all those who have sent me well-wishes. Your kindness is very much appreciated. More than you know.
The timing, as much as it sucks to be completely floored by malady, could actually have been worse. In a week and a bit, I will be heading out to the Retail Summit in Prague to deliver the keynote. It is not only the leading event in the Czech Republic, but also one of the largest in Europe. By the time I walk onto the stage, I will be back to full form and ready to go.
I am very much looking forward to it. If you are in the area and as of yet undecided about whether to go, hesitate no longer. The lineup is fantastic and the organizer’s track record immensely impressive. Plus, you can always say hello to me.
Before we get to today’s main topic, two more quick notes.
First, and by far most importantly, I can reveal that my wife and I are expecting our second child in August. Thus, if the newsletter suddenly becomes even more incoherent than usual some time in the early autumn, you will know why: I will not be sleeping much.
Second, last week, when my brain had turned to mush, I went through a fair few movies. To my shame, I had not seen Lawrence of Arabia, but it was predictably great. Barbie, on the other hand, was unpredictably awful. I thought it would be right up my street, but I lost patience about 45 minutes in. Oof.
Anyway.
Today will be another one off, a bridge newsletter for premium subscribers in order to get back into the correct order of things. Normally scheduled content will resume next week with the new theme.
Moving, therefore, swiftly on.