Parenting and small business success This article first appeared as part of my LinkedIn Collection. We are all ‘busy’, but when you add parenting to the mix.. that adds a whole new dimension to the definition of ‘busy’ – chaos springs to...
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, LinkedIn Influencer & TV personality I am back home to Sydney after a busy week. The first half saw me in Sydney speaking all things #IWD, whilst the second half had me travelling the country sharing my thoughts on leadership,...
Have you a question? Thanks to those people who inbox me at naomisimson.com with questions, requests and offers… but in some ways, as I attempt to answer your questions one-by-one I realise there may be many other people who could benefit from the answer....
Innovation lessons for business owners People talk about innovation lessons all the time and yet what does it really take to be an innovator? This is not just about what you want to do, nor about why you want to. It is important to understand if you as a person, are a...
Valentine’s Day activities Well-being starts with some ‘we’ time. It’s mid-February, the festive season has long since passed… I thought this year would be different – that I would control my diary – but as it happens I find myself as busy as ever. The thing is,...
Protection from Disruption The world of work is melding with the rest of life – people are online and connected all the time – how we work has changed forever. For small business owners’ life, has never been more challenging…customers seem more elusive and more...
Coworking Space Sydney I have just been appointed ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ at Gravity co-working space in Sydney – which is a very new experience for me. Since leaving the daily operations of RedBalloon some three years ago I have been very busy in the start-up...
Sometimes a little bit of success for a start-up business can be misleading – as a founder you do it all, from customer experience to bookkeeping – there is no one else – and you know you can count on yourself to get things done. But it is not...