A few of my clients and colleagues have asked, from time-to-time, about the side of my work that I describe as being a ‘rapporteur’. Sitting in my hotel room waiting for a flight home, I thought I’d share the story… Continue reading
Elsewhere, a question was posed about the future of “Human Resources”. It reflected the debates that seem to unfold whenever three of more HR professionals gather together in one room. It went something like this… Q: Everyone seems to agree… Continue reading
Speaking to an audience of key European and Asian business leaders, in Lisbon, Portugal, recently, Professor Colin Coulson-Thomas, warned them not to assume that directors and boards are competent, effective or that they are going to add value to the… Continue reading
Future Minds: How The Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson Our world has changed… dramatically. Children as young as five are spending up to eight hours a… Continue reading
That isn’t actually true. Anyone who knows me from days gone by, and certainly anyone who has experienced me on the old public speaking circuit will be aware that I used to carry around a mental list of heroes. With… Continue reading
In terms of social media, there seems to be a big disconnect between two groups of people that I work with: largely self-employed professionals and executives in larger organisations. The first group have, by-and-large, embraced social media whereas the second… Continue reading
I realise that this is a bit of a side-issue, but a few people express surprise that my role exists, and so I thought it might be amusing to point out that it is far more widespread than you might… Continue reading
The following is the text of my leadership and personal development agreement, which I ask all clients to review and sign when we begin working together. It isn’t meant to be prescriptive, but tries to create a clearer framework in… Continue reading
I’m not sure whether you are familiar with the book by Mitch Albom, “The five people you meet in Heaven“, but the essence is that we never quite know whose lives we have (perhaps quite coincidentally) touched and yet, in… Continue reading
…To enable change in the Autumn. I agree that it’s a stunt – but it will have an impact on BP – though not in the way that some people might expect. In the world of direct action strategy it… Continue reading
