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Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have...
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Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have powerpoints. It’s easy to flip a few quick slides into a chunk of cash and cackle off into the mountains.
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LinkedIn is not a social or professional network, it's a learning network The world of work is changing.
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A Lil' Website Refresh Welcome to tomcritchlow.com version…. 19? 25? Honestly there have been so many iterations over the...
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Welcome to tomcritchlow.com version…. 19? 25? Honestly there have been so many iterations over the years who even knows. The point is there’s a new coat of paint.
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What would a map of your career look like? I’ve been on a maps kick recently writing about blog maps and roadmaps! Let’s talk about career...
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Clients Have a Surprising Amount of Detail There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about...
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There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about how interesting the world is and how much depth there is to every concept. Here’s a quote about boiling water:
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Notes on my Remarkable Tablet I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day...
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I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day companion device. Here’s some notes and ideas.
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Notes on Search and AI What to say about the future of AI and search?
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3,573 Days On The Road Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent...
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Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent consulting. This would have been my 10th issue, but is instead a special issue, for reasons that will become apparent.
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Writing, Riffs & Relationships summary And - specifically for anyone doing "content marketing" to drive sales - like indie...
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summary And - specifically for anyone doing "content marketing" to drive sales - like indie consultants, business owners and founders - the riff is a great way to create connections and conversations around your work. In short it's a tasteful and more fun way of doing outreach...
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Work is a Place My buddy Luke recently started a band called Tattoo Mustache. While we were chatting, his eyes lit...
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My buddy Luke recently started a band called Tattoo Mustache. While we were chatting, his eyes lit up talking about jamming in the studio with his bandmates - his arms were flailing and you could feel the energy coming off him like steam from a hot pan. These weekly jam sessions...
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives? summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is...
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summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is customer-centric - someone who has a rich mental model for what customers want and is able to step into the customer's shoes. I theorize that beyond a culture of being customer-centric it's the...
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Becoming Creative I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few...
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I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few links that I deeply love about starting, finishing and promoting creative acts…
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Manifesting My Dream Clients & Projects for 2024 New year, new me, new clients am I right?
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(Another) Quick Riff on Narrative Strategy I’ve been ruminating on the idea of narrative strategy for a while now. The last time I wrote about...
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I’ve been ruminating on the idea of narrative strategy for a while now. The last time I wrote about it was in 2020.
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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
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October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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The roadmap is not the territory Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to...
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Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to talk about growing their business. But the funny thing about growth and marketing is that each component is like a thread that, once pulled, unravels the whole spool.
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Don’t Give Advice, Be Useful “It is not enough for a professional to be right: An advisor’s job is to be helpful.” David Maister...
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“It is not enough for a professional to be right: An advisor’s job is to be helpful.” David Maister - The Trusted Advisor
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Building an Interactive Blog Map I love a good diagram. So a while back I made a “blog map” for my website homepage that looked a bit...
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I love a good diagram. So a while back I made a “blog map” for my website homepage that looked a bit like this:
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8 Years on the Road Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely...
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Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely and unsupported too. Ultimate freedoms combined with shallow roots. Every year I write a recap, around the anniversary of quitting my last job (Oct 24th, 2014). Here’s my recap of...
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The Magic of Small Databases summary Publishing documents to the web is a well-served use case but publishing small indexes,...
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summary Publishing documents to the web is a well-served use case but publishing small indexes, databases and collections to the web is still an incredibly frustrating and under-served use case. Here I outline why I think it matters and a variety of approaches to solving it.
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What are Executive Off-Sites Good For? A blessed Q4 be upon you. And you as well.
over a year ago
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Digital Bricolage & Web Foraging When I reflect on the various lines of inquiry that light me up, there’s one consistent theme:...
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When I reflect on the various lines of inquiry that light me up, there’s one consistent theme: digital bricolage. Bricolage is “the skill of using whatever is at hand and recombining them to create something new.”
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Narrative Aircover & Compound Narrative “I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able...
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“I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able to believe it. I don’t believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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Building a New Project in Public Nate Kadlac runs Approachable Design an online course to teach the basics of visual aesthetic and...
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Nate Kadlac runs Approachable Design an online course to teach the basics of visual aesthetic and design.
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Slouching Towards Innovation A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a...
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A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a concept video. A lot of innovation projects never see the light of day.
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Google is Grounded and Needs to Learn How to Soar Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post...
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Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post I have a concrete proposal and a prototype you can try yourself that shows a different approach for the future of search. An approach that’s better for users and in a way that’s...