Every time I work with a client I learn.  Sometimes there are real surprises.  I had one of those recently and I thought it well worth...

Maybe it’s the effect of the pandemic and working from home but lately I’ve been talking to an increasing number of people who...

One of the joys of being a leadership coach is that you can work with companies at all stages of their evolution.  Lately I’ve been...

The thought that the Covid pandemic came from a Chinese lab is a great and comforting theory.  Why? Because if it’s true then it’s...

No, I haven’t got that backwards.  Right now, the world is looking pretty grey.  There are clouds massing everywhere you look,...

Last week I wrote about how quickly risks that we were not expecting could become destroyers of countries and corporations.  It’s a...

If a week is a long time in politics, then six months is a lifetime for business leaders.  As someone who aspires to be a #futurologist , I...

Playing Bananagram's Cobra Paw is a lot of fun.  It's designed for 10 year olds but seems to bring out the child in all ages. At Defy...

As the business environment gets more and more difficult optimising productivity is increasingly important.  You cannot afford to waste any...

I live not far from the BMW plant in Oxford.  As you drove past the entrance a couple of years ago the road was lined with trucks from all...

Leaders are always being urged to think about the future.  What can disrupt your business, what new technology/competitors/market is coming to...

For the last few months my morning run has become rather hazardous because our local swimming pool is putting in a ground-source heat pump that...