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 There’s an article in last week’s Financial Times about Philip Morris which prompts some interesting questions ...

• When I got my first management job in my mid 20s, the oldest member of my new all-male team went to the leader who had appointed me and said,...

The canary in the coalmine

I once worked in a company where, because of some lucky M&A activity, some of the workforce were either moderately or...

It's been interesting watching the Nadim Zahawi saga unfold and reflecting on the reasons behind it and why it matters. You can think about all the...

Though hedgehogs are one of my favourite animals, instead it is about the hedgehog-like characteristics that we all have and that are unhelpful for...

Rishi Sunak promises that all children will be taught maths until they are 18.  Easy to say, sounds quite sensible, could be transformative,...

Enduring 2023 – 6 things that will get you through

There’s always a tendency around this time to think that the coming year is going to...

You can talk a lot about the missions, visions and objectives that drive business,but there are moments when it comes down to a single objective:...

Two weeks ago I wrote about the gathering dark, the situation that we are all having to deal with now.  You can ignore it, and if you are very...

Last week in my blog about the I wrote about the gathering dark, the situation that we are all having to deal with now and how if you are very...

I have often thought that sailing was a great metaphor for life and business.  There you are bobbing along gently with a light breeze when...

I love my GPS, it has saved me so many times from getting lost in countries across the world.  It’s found us restaurants and petrol...