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Messing with their heads- using behavioural science to win partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever tried to train a puppy? It’s a constant challenge to lure them away from chewing your furniture and digging up the garden. …
A world without cookies
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Can you imagine a world without cookies? It’s enough to give our favourite cookie monster palpitations. But what if it turns out to be a…
Kindling the spark of innovation in partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There’s a right way and many wrong ways to start a fire. I learned this the hard way when staying at an English country cottage…
Mind the Gap
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever travelled on the London underground? In the older Victorian era stations, the new trains don’t quite fit with the platforms. Passengers will…
The 3 P’s sabotaging your partnership prospecting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During lockdowns last year it was hard for my teenagers to get motivated. Uni lectures were pre-recorded and dull. Deadlines for assignments loomed, but the…
Why it pays to be curious
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Where does the dark go when the light comes on? Why isn’t there a light that can make it dark for bedtime? Why do snails…
Are you my mother lode?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My local library has resumed story time for children. One of the most popular books is ‘Are You My Mother?’ It was a huge favourite…
Couch to $500K
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many of you know me from before my Stellar Partnerships life and I’m sure you associate me with running. I ran all the time –…
The Importance of Perspective in Partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When my kids were small, we had a weekend stopover in Amsterdam. It broke up the butt-numbing monotony of a long- haul flight to the…
Don’t try and sell snow boots in Hawaii
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last winter, I became obsessed with the idea of getting snow boots. I live in an igloo (almost), have Raynaud’s disease and with staying home…
Share the love on Valentine’s Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“She knows if you bought the flowers from the servo” This was the sign outside my local florist. Enough to strike fear and guilt into…
Learning from the partnerships in the ‘Wood-Wide Web’
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With international travel off the table this year, I spent my summer holiday wandering lakes, woods and countryside in Victoria instead. It took me back…