I bought a painting recently. It was something of a celebratory purchase - my business has grown exponentially in the last few months, I’ve launched a second business in the…
Time to look at culture from an employee's point of view A couple of years ago, I attended a evening of talks at China Exchange, a charity based in London’s Chinatown whose mission it is to create ways of exploring…
Have you seen the movie Selma? It’s about the American Civil Rights Movement’s defining march from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital, Montgomery in 1965. I found it hard to watch…
In 1985 Michael Porter published his book Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance and 35 years later, his premise still lies at the beating heart of many organisations. But…
Did you know that 84% of CEOs in Europe and 94% in the US use social media? Did you also know that 80% of senior decision makers prefer to make…
I am a burger lover from way back. Not the global-fast-food-chain type of burger but full, messy fish-and-chip-shop burgers. Long sun-kissed days on the beaches of my childhood and adolescence…
A few years ago, I spent a week in Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, near the tip of the Arabian peninsula overlooking the Persian Gulf and…
Two weeks ago I climbed Mount Snowdon to raise funds for a local school. At 1,085m it's the highest mountain in England and Wales. It's also one of the hardest…
Just like walking to the next tee, starting over can really help you up your game. Recently I was at an event where we were comparing the number of jobs…
Did you know that 96% of private sector businesses in the UK have less than 10 employees*? These are the UK’s micro businesses, 5.4million enterprises that account for more than…