Watch: Ogmio’s School of Zen Driving
Utterly brilliant. Ogmio’s School of Zen Driving – if you haven’t already watched it, you must. Take a zen trip with Ogmio as he captures London through his dash cam. “The shadow… coming to a morgue near you.” “The double wave.” “Clutching a can of the cold hard truth.” Soon…
CEO’s have a shelf life, but should they move over, rather than move out?
Jack Dorsey, the recently resigned co-founder and CEO of Twitter said: “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being ‘founder-led.’ Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure…I believe it’s critical a company can stand on its own, free of its founder’s…
Technology doesn’t conquer all, teams do.
This C suite career advice from Callum Adamson, the CEO and co-founder of Distributed, is well worth a quick read. From my point of view, the key point for business leaders is twofold; That speed of improvement and speed of execution is critical. That technology is not the most critical factor for…
WATCH: Simple stories. Packaging and Productisation with Josh Butten, boosst
I frequently talk to my clients about naming their products and services, and about creating ‘simple stories’ that are easy for their own clients to understand and buy. In this video, I spoke to Josh Butten of boosst financial about the impact of packaging and productisation of complex services and…
Sir Anthony Hopkins – On Letting Go
Let go of people who aren’t ready to love you. The words below from Sir Anthony Hopkins are particularly powerful. On reading them, I was reminded of a conversation over a year ago between myself and my own coach, Bruce. During our chat about general ‘busyness’, it became apparent that…
Saying ‘No’ Pt 2 – why do you need to get better at it?
Following on from my article in December about ‘How to say ‘no’ without feeling guilty’ – I wanted to share this article and five brilliant pointers by Michael Hyatt and Co reiterating why saying ‘no’ is so important. In short, you make your ‘yes’ more valuable by setting your default…
A small act of bravery (and an example of high-performance teams)
Not long ago I had a conversation with a client about something that happened in a leadership team meeting. A small (but important) act of bravery on their part, and something I think all leaders should be aware of. — Setting the scene As part of my clients’ monthly leadership…
‘I’ll happily recommend you!’ How to make recommendations and introductions actually happen.
A common theme both when I ran agencies and when speaking to my current clients is when a contact enthusiastically says ‘I’ll happily recommend you’ or words to that effect. Weeks and months then pass by and no further introductions are made. Too much time has passed to bring it…
Watch: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for
In just five minutes, Patty McCord, the iconic former chief talent officer at Netflix, shares the key insights that led her to toss the handbook out the window. It’s inspiring and absolutely spot on. Well worth a watch. I particularly like the lesson about being “great companies to be from”.
Want the best schools in Europe? Try Estonia
A great article from The Times on the way children are being taught in Estonia. Learning robotics from the age of seven and with teachers using virtual reality to bring geography, chemistry, history and language classes to life – the country is turning pupils into active participants in their education rather than…