Thoughts, News and Views

2020 was a year that gave me some real hope. - Many companies stepping up to support their employees and communities;
- The environmental impact ...
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The table stakes on leadership just got higher in 2020. And that's a good thing.We need to make impossible balances. Impossible because they won't ...
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As much as leading is a responsibility and a privilege, it is an art and a craft. When you watch the best footballers play ...
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As much of Europe goes into the second lockdown, and the psychological, mortal and economic costs mount up, we congratulate or berate world leaders ...
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"Joy. And pain. Like sunshine. And rain" Anyone old enough (or South London enough) to remember that from the 80s? It's what we need ...
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Do we take offence, or do we change things? Or do we do both? There’s a lovely parable in Buddhist tradition. To walk in ...
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Headlines like to paint an extreme. So remote working is either our saviour, or the start of our demise. And the reporting has followed ...
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Next week, my eldest child starts at uni. And it makes me wonder what kind of parent I've been. Not just whether I've had ...
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I find that the people who should the most, often do the least. When I meet a manager who shoulds all over him or ...
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Most strategic decisions made by leadership teams are at best irrelevant, and at worst harmful. And this is for one simple reason. They don't ...
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Those of us with an entrepreneurial mind tend to be bling-hogs (guilty as charged). Our bling is new books, new systems, new processes, new ...
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The majority of my work these days tends to be with companies that need support in scaling up. That may be because they're on ...
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