Failing to Succeed
I have always been intrigued by the nature of entrepreneurship and so I regard myself as extremely fortunate to have worked with such highly creative a…
Entrepreneurship
5 steps to crafting your strategic ambitions
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie If you want to succe…
Get your idea funded by questioning power dynamics
Throughout our lives we participate in a number of organisations. Sometimes willingly, consciously, and visibly. Sometimes, not so much. But today I …
What is true Leadership in times of uncertainty?
The situation that we are currently in has come as a sudden shock and many things that we took for granted, and were just used to, have come to an abr…
My Big Failure
Failure is sexy. In fact, the normalization of failure has become so commonplace, that there are conferences dedicated to failure and a few companies h…
Putting Emotional Barriers in the Rear-view Mirror
Wham! My whole body was jolted out of a casual car ride down a dusty I-25 exit ramp in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had been hit by an inattentive driver…
Life, as-a-service
These days, the idea of ownership has started to lose its relevance as the ‘as-a-service’ revolution continues to gain traction. People have started to…
You are your own bottleneck: Tips to successfully grow a new business
No-one will be surprised to learn that start-ups and small businesses in the United Kingdom play a crucial role in growing the domestic economy. In fa…
The Wazoku Story – Scaling for Success
I wrote the first part of the Wazoku story in a post for this site in June 2017 and it was well received so I have wanted for some time to sit down and…
Millennials and Entrepreneurship
Most of the people I know who work in the idea management and/or innovation space are in their thirties and beyond. We may employ the younger generati…
What makes a good idea great?
You need to solve a problem or have a novel concept. One starts by defining the “what” you are attempting to solve or accomplish. This should be comm…
Build the company you wouldn’t sell
Dreams of a lucrative ‘exit’ provide shaky foundations for innovators and entrepreneurs wanting to make a real impact. They not only impair your judgem…
Innovation and entrepreneurship in the age of the 100 year life
It is over 25 years since Charles Handy first introduced the concept of a portfolio career that's defined by diversity of both role and industry. Such…