On Trump
1) How we got here: The polls always showed that Trump would beat Clinton and lose to Sanders. The DNC chose to win the wrong battle. 2) Where we go Continue Reading →
Costs of Brexit vs Costs of EU Membership
On Friday, the pound fell by 1.57% on fears of Brexit. In dollar terms, our GDP is now 1.57% smaller than it otherwise would have been. The total cost of being Continue Reading →
Importance of Purpose in business
I’ll be talking about my new book The Churning and the importance of Purpose in business on 13 April, as part of the Purposeful Enterprise Summit:
Standup Comedy
I recently took a short course in standup comedy. What attracted me was the idea that it might be easier to communicate ideas if we sprinkle them amongst comedy. Here is the result: Continue Reading →
Why we need to update leadership, and how to do so
Yesterday Umair Haque used the examples of Volkswagen and the pope to discuss leadership. Ranked one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world he bluntly titled his commentary, “Why Everything You Continue Reading →
Finished: The Final Section of the Final Chapter of The Churning
Dear friends, As you know, I have been writing this book on leadership in times of change for little over a year now. Yesterday I completed the final section of Continue Reading →
Making sense of a shifting world
To me this gif is a metaphor for the way we make sense of the world. When we are born and as we grow up we learn to make sense Continue Reading →
4 July 1776 to 5 July 2015: Greece and the American Revolution
On 4th July 1776 a group of people living in America declared they no longer wished to pay taxes to another group of people, the British Government. On 5th July 2015 a group Continue Reading →
What Business Cycles Can Teach Us About Evolution (and vice-versa)
We often talk about the need for a paradigm shift, but then we carry on with the same old paradigms, because we know them well and they are comfortable. Here Continue Reading →
Using meditation to get what you want
Leaders as varied as Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, Oprah Winfrey, and David Lynch have all used meditation as a way not only to let go of tension but also to Continue Reading →