Malaphors

Malaphors

𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞.𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭. I teach 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 to help people take their writing from clunky to compelling. But we all get it wrong sometimes, and the results can be really...
Banish the bafflegab

Banish the bafflegab

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Plain English Bill going through the New Zealand parliament. The bill passed – it’s now law! This piece in The Age by David Astle describes why plain language is so important and introduces Milton A Smith’s concept...
The high cost of bad writing

The high cost of bad writing

Bad writing is the bane of my life.It takes more time to read and make sense of bad writing. It’s frustrating red-penning lousy work.It’s a huge cost to business.Consider this.Jo works in a large organisation and spends about 15 minutes each day trying to make sense...
A tale of two crises

A tale of two crises

My partner and I had a holiday weekend in a hotel in regional Victoria recently and enjoyed the walk-in, walk-out, no-need-to-prep-anything experience of our luxury hotel room. I handed over my driver’s licence at check-in, which was photocopied. I didn’t...
Good strategy requires us to stop things.

Good strategy requires us to stop things.

There are always trade-offs in strategic planning.  To create space for new, high-value activities, some things have to go.  It’s the only way to deliver impact and grow.  Most companies allocate the same resources to the same...

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