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Season greetings... while working at Microsoft within International IT, I learned how the Gates Foundation through education was ending...

I am offering 45-minute consultations to organisations to discuss their DOS (more about this below); feel free to contact me. What are...

‘There’s a dark side to everything.’ – Prince Over the last five years, we have seen a shift from political parties from a traditional,...

‘If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.’ - Larry Dixon Systems thinking explores how the world is...

"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the...

‘If I had some idea of the finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?’ - Bill Gates Since the 31st of October, I...

'The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.’ - Jeff Bezos The ultimate digital business has customer...

‘In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs.’ - Seth Godin There has been much talk of...

"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...