What’s in Your Toolbox?
“Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought” – Albert Szent-Györgyi In my first book, I wrote about how innovation is not necessarily …
Clearly Valuable
“My definition of ‘innovative’ is providing value to the customer” – Mary Barra For the last few years, I have lived in the centre of Cheltenham, a town …
How Did We Do?
“The sailor who goes onto a ship without rudder or compass… never can be certain whither he is going” – Leonardo da Vinci As I develop my second …
Turbulent Times
“Predictions can be very difficult – especially about the future.” – Nils Bohr This month, January 2022, saw me take my first flight in a Boeing 737 Max …
The Right Kind of Communication
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw In November 2020 I wrote about how important social interaction …
Winning Strategy
“Make your vow that you will reach that position… …and make no other vow to distract your attention” – Andrew Carnegie The 2020 Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, …
It’s Time!
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos” ― Mary Shelly Until a change of rules at the …
Managing Uncertainty
“Predictions can be very difficult – especially about the future” – Nils Bohr Innovation is the means by which you create the source of future success. If only …
Whose Property?
“The patent system … secured to the inventor for a limited time exclusive use of his inventions, and thereby added the fuel of interest to the fire of …
Ghost Town
“A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers” – David Lammy Late last year, I wrote about how clusters …