Penultima - 3 years in the making
I’ve decided to split my last post in two. First the hall of fame:
Thank you to the 48,000 people in 183 countries reading what I had to say. Here are the top readership nations:
- New Zealand (~46%)
- USA
- UK
- Australia
- Canada
- Philippines
- India
- Germany
- France
- Singapore
My most-read original articles
- The importance of algebra (It’s become a teachers’ training course reference!)
- Burgerfuel? No thanks
- Time to get going
- Xero IPO update
- Great design from 1843 - Brunel’s SS Great Britain
- The difference between rules and principles
- SaaS pricing for enterprise customers
- Von Manstein’s 4 Officer Types - adapted for managers
- Telstra Clear does its best to lose my business
- ANZ Bank rebadge?
My most popular business tips (no particular order)
- Good strategy is making choices and meaning it
- The difference between rules and principles
- Just do it!
- Keep it simple, stupid!
- How to deal with takeover rumours - don’t
- The trouble with superheroes
- Strategy and people
- Open and honest? If you say you are, you’d better be
- Trust, confidence and delegation
- Business success and dark moments
- The product manager’s challenge
- Don’t blame it on the computer
- 10 rules for alligators and swamps
- Product development - don’t be trapped by perfection
- New good business won’t fix old bad business
- Managing managers - why companies plateau
- The importance of knowing how you make money
- Business success and ironing boards
- Strategic thinking with Rudyard Kipling
- The power of NOT thinking
My best two bob’s worth
- Strategy lessons from the industrial revolution
- The importance of algebra
- Exports are not enough!
- Get rid of public holidays
- The myth of the telecommuter
- Carbon emission trading schemes - a gas factory in the making
- Your industry can’t attract staff? It’s up to you to solve the problem
Most-read non-original articles (shameless cut & paste)
- The sweet spot
- Does your IT shop look like this?
- Logo evolution
- Crazy salesman
- The gingerbread haka (which offended some people, but more just enjoyed it as a bit of silliness and meant no offence)
Most-read pages
- The home page (well of course - you read everything in sequence)
- The sweet spot
- About
- Does your IT shop look like this?
- The importance of algebra
- Logo evolution
- Time to get going
- The best business book title award
- Burgerfuel? No thanks
- Category/Brunel


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