Sep 22

You can future proof your business on line with right brain thinking. if you have read Daniel pink’s “A Whole New Mind” you will know exactly what I mean.
We live in an age where design concepts outweigh the practical aspects of a physical design. A Master of Fine Arts is now one of the hottest credentials in the world where consumers spend as much on the face plates for their mobile phones as they do for the phone itself.
The forces of abundance and automation turn goods and services into commodities so quickly, survival is facilitated by “giving the world something it didn’t know it was missing”, as Paola Antonelli says.
Today competition is no longer about the biggest or fastest car but rather the sleekest design. Something you are happy to display in public view rather than hiding away in the garage.
Technology is moving so fast the laptop you bought a year ago can’t even handle the latest software, so why keep it?
Maybe because it has a unique graphical user interface that you can’t live without.
Turn to web design, so many companies have moved to Adobe Flash to make their site stand out without considering the fact that the search engines couldn’t see the content. This however is changing as the world adapts to the design revolution.
Education is no longer about what you can remember, but rather how you learn and stay up to date. A college graduate on a four year degree will notice in the final year that his or her first year notes are already out of date.

Paul Palmer

We must keep up to stay in business so learn to use your right brain. If you don’t you may soon find yourself in the ranks of the unemployment queue.

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Sep 22

This is the second video I filmed on 24th July.

Duration : 0:9:15

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Aug 18

The term wiki stands for “what I know is”, successful leaders according to Reeves and Knell in “The 80 minute MBA, have an internal wiki.
This internal wikki holds four key pieces of information essential to drive their business on line and off line forwards.

1) Where the organisation is heading
2) What is going on
3) Who they are (strengths and weaknesses)
4) How to build a strong team

The first is key to successful leadership, it’s important to focus on where the organisation needs to go. This may of course be the same as where the employees are headed. However if it isn’t successful leaders must recognise this, and act to redirect the organisation strategy towards it’s business objectives.
Darwin E Smith recognised the future of Kimberley Clark lay in paper products rather than it’s failing paper business.

An understanding and knowledge of what’s going on highlights the difference between management and leadership. Management is about doing things right, while successful leaders ensure that the business maintains focus on doing the right things. This isn’t to say leaders have to focus on strategy, they are still happy to sweat the small stuff and really get the job done. I myself am successful as a result of a strong task focus where many activities are menial but a means to an end. I still do them to achieve my goals.

President Harry Truman reminds us, you can accomplish anything in life provided you do not mind who gets the credit. This is one of the reasons why companies continue to success after their successful leaders move on to a new organisation. Strong leaders build a team first then with the strengths of that team decide where to go. After all there would be little point heading off to conquer Mount Everest with a perfect formula 1 pit team.

Paul Palmer

Build your own team and achieve your goals.

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Aug 17

Business sustainability is something many people don’t consider when starting up and operating a small business.
Consider a new unique niche which many people need but no one is providing. Years ago this could have been a paper clip or a clothes peg. You could patent your product and make a fortune. Or would you?
What if you only sold pegs locally, say in a village of 200 people.
Would this business last, could you retire on the revenue from your “new” product?
With such a small customer base business sustainability is poor since the market will soon be saturated. What would help in such a situation?
You could diversify, looking at new product lines similar to the original but different enough to encourage repeat sales. This type of niche is limited by the clientele rather than the product. To maintain the business it would be essential to expand the market.
Placing this business on line could be the perfect way to guarantee business sustainability. The potential when you have global customers will mean the problem is solved.

Paul Palmer

There are of course other factors to consider in this case and all niche businesses. The future is not guaranteed, you must consider business sustainability as an essential part of your business plan.

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Aug 12

Behind the scenes interview with cast members Paul Palmer (Herr Ruder) and Jacquelynne Fontaine (Kathie) at Pittsburgh CLO.

Duration : 0:4:23

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Jul 31

Warm weather brought river levels in Colorado to an all time high. Here is some of Team Jackson Kayak surfing up Glenwood at levels between 20 to 24, 000 CFS.

Duration : 0:1:42

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Jul 14

Paul Palmer, Professor of Voluntary Sector Management at Cass says the that the Government has been the principle driver of Third Sector funding over the past fifteen years, but that this will soon end.

Duration : 0:8:10

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Jul 14

paulpalmerchaudhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/paulpalmerchaudMusicguitare, paul palmerPAUL PALMER – Now or never

Duration : 0:4:41

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Jul 9

Maestro Tarrega transcribed this beautiful Chopin Prelude for guitar, but you don’t often hear his arrangement, as it’s in a somewhat offbeat key (G# Minor) and requires some hefty finger-stretches. My transcription is in E Minor. It’s faithful to the original piano score and well within performance range for any second-year student.. You can download a free score (standard notation only) from my web site.

Duration : 0:2:36

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Jul 5

Short and sweet – the main theme from Chopin’s Etude Opus 10 Number 3, popularly known as ‘No Other Love’, ‘Tristesse’ and ‘Deep is the Night’, played on my Antonio Picado 2001 Model 62. Downloadable standard notation score available on my web site – Paul’s Free Guitar Scores.

Duration : 0:1:58

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