"Successful innovation leaders cannot allow strategic conversations to stop at the aspirational level. They must insist on drilling down...

"I don’t want to fight old battles. I want to fight new ones." - Satya Nadella Downstream and upstream thinking; often due to...

"Steve Jobs didn’t really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs, but he did the more important part of turning them into a...

‘Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.’ - Larry Page The technology industry has many different types of people within...

“Business is not about hard negotiations. It's about mutually exploring a point of intersection where both parties find their objectives...

‘When I meet with founders of a new company, my advice is almost always: Do fewer things. It’s true of partnerships, marketing...

As technology advances, devices will incorporate smart services in the future. Whether your phone, car, clothing, glasses or watch, the...

"An organisation's ability to learn and translate those learnings into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage" - Jack Welch...

"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou Tactical innovation occurs when leaders set a ‘problem...

This blog is inspired by a book I have read three times, "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson, that details Silicon Valley's history. This...

How best can innovation be defined? Fifteen experts were asked, and an ultimate definition was ‘executing an idea which addresses a...

The term Remote Working conjures up a range of reactions for various reasons. Try replacing the word “REMOTE” with “RIGHT”; what is the...

The information on your LinkedIn profile and contained within your resume is static. But our world is a dynamic, content creating one, so...

Here are twenty things I would tell my 20-year-old self, in no particular order; Time goes quickly, worry less about acquiring pointless...

"You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So, you have to trust that the dots will...

"Don't be defined by your past, your past is the tutor of your present and is always preparing you for new experiences. Forget about...

How can one imagine a better organisation for the future with fewer roles? I developed the 'rule of thirds' after proving it across...

Delayed action results in a greater future action. A slow rate of action will present a greater degree of future risk. When acting slow,...

Think of risk not as an activity but as a capability. Build the capability as it will allow your organisation to scale. Things may not go...

Poor risk management capability will slow and potentially destroy an organisation’s potential. Risk capability residing within teams who...