Clarke Ching - Speaker, Author, Mentor.

Hi, I'm Clarke - the ‘bottleneck guy’. I help crazy-busy tech leaders debottleneck themselves and their teams. Productivity and profits soar, and everything calms down. And you - the hard working leader? You get your weekends back. Want to chat? Message me on LinkedIn.com or email me.

Weekend Edition - My New Book!

My new book - "The Bottleneck Detective" launches on December 12th!!!! Phew. I'm wondering ... can you

clarke ching Nov 25, 2024 3 min read

Over a year in planning … I was going to charge $199 for this. And then I thought 🤓 I should teach

clarke ching Sep 12, 2024 1 min read

I want to show you two aspects of selling your you and your ideas that are totally obvious ... but they&

clarke ching Dec 16, 2024 1 min read

No recommendations this week ... just 4 images that made me think and smile. ONE This car is owned by a

clarke ching Dec 15, 2024 3 min read

I’d love for you to join me to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of my book, Rolling Rocks Downhill, this

clarke ching Dec 13, 2024 1 min read

The easiest way to "sell" some ideas/solutions to get other people to come up with the ideas.

clarke ching Dec 12, 2024

This post is about the middle column of Clarke's Selling Grid - the solution. How easy or hard

clarke ching Dec 11, 2024 2 min read

Have you ever had that dream where you're walking down a busy street naked? Launching a book is

clarke ching Dec 9, 2024 4 min read

A few months ago I did a talk on the - surprisingly - behavioural science of queues. It’s about

clarke ching Dec 7, 2024 1 min read

About 60 people (of 3,000) suddenly unsubscribed when I started writing about selling ideas (and yourself). Makes sense -

clarke ching Dec 5, 2024

You've partly filled out your version of Clarke's Selling Grid (feel free to replace "Clarke&

clarke ching Dec 4, 2024 2 min read

If you want to sell an idea effectively, you need to understand what motivates the people you’re selling to.

clarke ching Dec 3, 2024 2 min read

Happy weekend, bottleneck detectives! Technically, it's Monday as I write this here in New Zealand , but statistcally it&

clarke ching Dec 2, 2024 3 min read

I’ve got a plan—something that might help set you up for a fantastic 2025! I’m offering free

clarke ching Nov 29, 2024 2 min read