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One of the many areas affected by Covid-19 has been that of employment. This impacts not only on those that have lost jobs during the pandemic, but also those that are getting ready to graduate. This could be the most difficult year on record for this latter group. When considering this I was drawn to...

In the middle of the present pandemic there are still reasons for optimism when it comes to true entrepreneurship. At a time when many traditional businesses are suffering and where unemployment is rising, one needs to look at the opportunities that are there for the taking. Firstly, we need to recognise that, however much we...

For much of the pandemic I have approached it with a spirit of optimism. I was impressed by the spirit of cooperation and hoped that we would develop a friendlier, less self-centred a society. I even began to believe that the temporary effects on climate change could be sustained into the future. This was achieved...

At the time of writing many, countries are in a form of lockdown or restricted movement in an effort to contain the pandemic. This has resulted in a large number of children staying at home and being subject to home schooling. From some of the jokes on social media, it is apparent that some parents...

May I start by saying that this blog in no way attempts to minimise the real heartbreak and catastrophe of this pandemic. It merely attempts to highlight observations I have made sitting in lockdown. Watching the pandemic unfold I was struck by the similarities between the actions of governments in this particular crisis and the...

This morning I was struck by yet another so called expert crawling out of the coronavirus woodwork to predict gloom and doom for damage caused by home schooling during the pandemic. The particular expert clearly wanted to say more about him than about the problem that he wanted to herald. Whilst it is true that...

At a time when the world seems to be closing down it seems strange to think about entrepreneurship. And yet there are some things that we can be doing as we are forced to sit at home. The first things we are seeing happen is for businesses ramping up their online presence. Many people are...

After three months living in Kuala Lumpur I am planning to return to Turkey for a couple of months before returning here to our apartment on 51st floor, overlooking the city. Therefore it seemed a good time to reflect on what I had learnt from my time here. The first thing that I discovered very...

So much of what we hear today is based around negativity rather than opportunity. The world seems to be adopting a ‘King Canute mentality’ where the message is to try and keep the past rather than moving forwards. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Brexit and in the US Presidential Election. When we look...

Having looked back at the previous decade, it would be a brave person indeed who would attempt to predict detailed advances in the next ten years. Only ten years ago it was being predicted that social media was the tool to set us free! Ten years on we see it as a tool that distributes...