Apr 3, 2020 | 1. Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur Life | Author: Naomi Simson
Mental Health tips for Business Owners If I see one more ‘unprecedented times’ in an email newsletter I am likely to scream. We all know ‘it’. We are in ‘it’ and ‘it’ will take a considerable time to be back to ‘normal’. We will get...
Mar 31, 2020 | 3. Business Leadership, Business Leadership | Author: Naomi Simson
How can business owners know what to trust 11 March 2020 will go down in history as the day that triggered the most immediate shift in global human behaviour to date, and the shift is still happening. Whilst we have seen recessions, depressions and real fear (two...
Feb 24, 2020 | 2. Business Advice, Business Advice | Author: Naomi Simson
Why I am participating in the Lenovo Mentor program “Help I need a mentor!” I hear. “But how best can I do this” I respond. This is a common conversation that I have, whether it is via my email, LinkedIn and other social inboxes. If you are in this situation then...
Feb 20, 2020 | Marketing | Author: Naomi Simson
Interview: Optus marketing program includes AI At a recent iMedia event I interviewed Angela Greenwood, Director, Acquisition & Customer Marketing at Optus, about her thoughts on: The future of marketing – and our addiction to attribution The role AI will play –...
Jan 15, 2020 | 3. Business Leadership, How to be a leader | Author: Naomi Simson
List of Animal welfare centres what they are doing and how you can help. The generosity from around the world for the communities and wild life devastated by bushfire is nothing less than awe inspiring. The amounts of money raised to help animals is unparalleled in...
Jan 13, 2020 | 3. Business Leadership, How to be a leader | Author: Naomi Simson
Removing plastic to help the green turtles I’m lucky enough to be on holiday at a remote North Queensland beach and each morning my husband, dog and I walk the length of the beach. We never know what we will see. It is a wonderful ritual of conversation and...
Jan 6, 2020 | 1. Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur Life | Author: Naomi Simson
Links on where and how to help with bushfire relief. Leigh Sales wrote in her book Any Ordinary Day, that people of disaster never ‘get over it’ there just becomes a ‘new normal’ a way to move forward, rebuild and have a different life. As most of us watch the horror...
Dec 19, 2019 | 1. Entrepreneurship, Business Pitch | Author: Naomi Simson
Ambassador of 2020 Lenovo ThinkBook mentoring program Update as of 13 Jan 2020. I felt compelled to update this post as the situation in rural Australia has materially changed. Whilst the bushfires continue to rage I am regrouping with Lenovo to work out how best we...
Sep 4, 2019 | 1. Entrepreneurship | Author: Naomi Simson
I love trying new things – in fact, this year my husband and I are making a point of doing things we have never done before. Our theme this year is ‘outside the box’. A wonderful theme, but sometimes I am left a little anxious. Time is so precious – and when we choose...
Aug 5, 2019 | 1. Entrepreneurship | Author: Naomi Simson
I talk about leadership a lot. And I have my own words that I use to help differentiate between leadership and management. Leaders unite people for the good of the cause through vision, values and aligning to the plan. Managers nurture the uniqueness of each...