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As we come to the start of another decade on Tuesday night, the media is full of predictions of what the next ten years will bring. Such predictions cover everything from technology and its impact, to the economy, social impacts and even religion. When you talk to people their view is often coloured by who...

As promised, this blog comes to you from Kuala Lumpur. Indeed, it is being written from the 51st floor of the apartment block where we now live and where we can look out all over the city. There are many things that have already impressed me about Malaysia, from the way that so many different...

Last week I talked about using my business planning skills to prepare for the new adventure for my wife and me. Today I can tell you how the plan is progressing and where changes have had to be made. In any plan there will always be changes and you must be prepared to adapt to...

As I sit writing this, my wife and me are only a few days away from setting off on our latest adventure. My next blog will let you into the secret, but I thought this blog could cover some of the entrepreneurial lessons from this latest foray. As many of you know, we live in...

Last week I talked about the problem of not listening if you are an entrepreneur, in a world where listening and debating seems to have become very unfashionable. This week, as I saw the debate in Parliament on the Grenfell disaster I saw another failing of people in that they rush to conclusions. This attitude...

Whether you turn on the television or pick up a paper, it seems as if the world today has abandoned reasoned debate in favour of an environment of binary choices. The old fashioned concept of listening has been replaced by the certainty that there is nothing to listen to and everything to shout about. Whether...

I have always believed in the saying that you cannot join the dots going forward and this was never more evident than this weekend. As can be seen from my various profiles and websites, I am now a successful international consultant, writer and motivational speaker. However, if I go back to when I left university,...

Writing about innovation and entrepreneurship has always excited me because of the positivity that it creates. Although, as we know, not all ideas prove to be winners, nevertheless, the desire to try and solve problems is inspirational. Recently I have found it increasingly difficult to find those creative ideas and subjects that have fuelled my...

It was interesting to note that there is much opposition to this phrase when you search the Internet about its relevance to business. The key word today seems to be to innovate. In reality, this philosophy seems to indicate that if you don’t keep changing then you will go under. However, this mantra can have...

We now live in a world where concern for the planet and the climate have never been so prominent. Much has been made of the concerns of the young and the blame heaped upon previous generations. Mind you, it is difficult to take the blame for a lifestyle where we used to have milk, soft...