This is all of us chasing the moon [This is a version of an article originally written for The Portfolio Collective about portfolio careers] It’s arguably harder than ever to stand out in the modern world; not only does the average person consume about 74GB of information per day (the equivalent of 16 movies) but a lot of it is very similar and they forget most of it by the next day. This proves particularly challenging when it comes to the business world, where effectively many people are trying to ‘sell’ to the same people, bombarding them with info about their products and services;... Continue Reading
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What would the movie credits of your life look like? “But do you actually know all those people”, a friend asked me as we were discussing our differing approaches to how we use LinkedIn. She’d read my recent blog all about how I treated LinkedIn as a journal and was grilling me about it — I’ve previously explained in detail my evolving approach to using LinkedIn. “If it’s a journal, why would you be willing to let others read it and, why do you care how many people read it” — she was commenting on the number of followers I had. I know it doesn’t necessarily make sense... Continue Reading
Me looking wistful just after I receive a response about an outstanding proposal I love running a start-up; it ticks so many boxes for me such as: the massive improvements to my quality of life, the levels of variety it affords me, the uplift in my independence, the healthy challenge to build something from nothing, the impact my company has on others and more. However, it has lots of downsides: loneliness in the early days, the amount I am stretched day-to-day, the constant challenge of cashflow and never being certain where the money will come from, the decision overload that goes with having... Continue Reading
Shiageto is like this puppy; exhausted after the year we’ve had but excited for our growth next year 😊 It’s the final day of 2023 and it’s at this time of year that people reflect on how their year has panned out. For me, the founder of an innovative consulting firm that specialises on strategic effectiveness, it’ been a hell of a year. Parking for one moment all the ups and downs in my personal life [the conflict in Palestine, getting evicted and a stop-start love-life being some of those “highlights”]; it’s been quite a year for Shiageto Consulting. A year in numbers A... Continue Reading
www.katharinegiovanni.com I was cleaning up my computer files a while back when I stumbled across an email I received from a good friend of mine. You see, years ago we didn’t have Facebook, so we emailed funny stories to each other during the course of our work day. Here’s what I found in the file… (The author is unknown) During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was some kind of joke. I had... Continue Reading
Lessons on pricing from my cleaner vs how we do pricing for my consulting business This is not the cleaning trolley of my cleaner… It’s not big enough 😂 “And one more thing, Mr Aranki”, said my cleaner at the end of what was now one of her customary monologues that she gave at the end of her bi-weekly clean, “The price will be going up by £1/hour starting immediately. Bye! ” And then she left… 😳 As it turned out the price rise was 8%, which in some ways is not that bad considering the recent pressures of inflation and the fact that I hadn’t experienced a cleaning... Continue Reading
The 3 wise men This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in May 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) and how those lessons are applicable for the challenges my business is facing during this pandemic crisis (and any business at any time in fact) The initial challenge Some days, when running my business, I can’t help but feel that I’m the ‘mark’ in some elaborate con artist film. For those who don’t know what... Continue Reading
Pop-up food stalls are great businesses that add to the community (although what a pain to have to take down your stall every day only to reassemble it the next) I’ve recently moved home to a new neighbourhood and one of the exciting things I have discovered in my exploration of the local area is a little square where there are a combination of different pop-up food stalls and food trucks every lunchtime. Every day, the business owners of these stalls and trucks set up from 9am ready for the lunch crowd, before packing everything away in the early afternoon, leaving the square pristine once... Continue Reading
Show hosts Tom Reaoch and Khudania Ajay delve into the captivating stories of India and Brazil, focusing on their journeys in business, culture, politics, and podcasting. Welcome to our special series “India Brazil Business Chat” on The KAJ Masterclass LIVE show. In this episode, show hosts Tom Reaoch and Khudania Ajay delve into the captivating stories of India and Brazil, focusing on their journeys in business, culture, politics, and podcasting. Diving into India and Brazil: India and Brazil, both part of the BRICS nations, boast large populations and diverse geographical landscapes. While... Continue Reading
www.katharinegiovanni.com That’s a good question that’s been asked for years. We all know that a good captain is last to leave the ship, and the leader of a wolf pack always leads from behind. Yes, nice people get screwed sometimes. I agree. However, being nice also has the advantage that people will both like AND trust them, which puts them firmly at the top. So nice people are at both the bottom AND the top. What do these people do that you don’t? What’s their secret formula? They understand that while words are important, actions are critical. In short, they’re kind to people. I’ve... Continue Reading