by Dave Hayward | Mar 18, 2025 | AI, Life and work, Productivity, Psychology, Sales
Persuasion and perseverance One of the hardest jobs I ever had was selling coffee in London. In my twenties, I started at a brand new company with no established customer base. Armed with a London A to Z street map, a newly bought suit, and some business cards, I...
by Dave Hayward | Feb 3, 2025 | Creativity, Art, Content, Copywriting, Productivity, Psychology, Strategy
The tension between structure and magic makes successful creative You may not know this about me, but I trained as an artist and am a painter (although I don’t get to practice much these days). One of my sketches is the header image of this article (no AI here!)....
by Dave Hayward | Nov 20, 2024 | AI, Conference, product, Product marketing, Productivity, Public speaking
Some of the brightest brains in tech are not AI experts yet. I left Spark Accelerate last week with my head hurting from trying to retain all the information generated by the incredible speakers and content. One of the standouts was Edmundo Ortega’s keynote, “An...
by Dave Hayward | Oct 23, 2024 | AI, Productivity, Psychology
“If I don’t get my arms around AI as a late 40s marketer, I am cooked.” Those words I said to a colleague when I understood the technology meaningfully. My view now is that there’s a hidden advantage for older professionals, particularly those who have honed our...
by Dave Hayward | Sep 17, 2024 | Strategy, Life and work, Productivity
There’s a wonderful purity in starting again. “It’s about letting things go so you can get what you want.” Bert Cooper from Mad Men was talking about account management, but he could easily have been referring to that moment when you realise it’s...
