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As a former CIO and Digital Executive, I understand and empathise with any technology executive when it comes to balancing their time....

My phone rings, and I smile. It’s a client of four years, who is now a professional friend. We haven’t spoken for six months. In this...

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

Cyber-attacks are asymmetric in nature, with hackers having low risk, defenders high risks and an impossibly large surface area to...

I am offering 60-minute consultations to organisations to discuss their strategic initiatives (more about this below); feel free to...

"If you want to change the world, the go home and love your family." - Mother Teresa Our interconnected, changing world has seen more...

'Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.’ – Lord Robertson The Australian...

‘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...

‘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...

'David's book has been triggered by the digital transformation but it delves more into human actions and interactions. The author draws...

'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...

The first review from an international editor - “I think it's incredible. I don't remember when I was last so challenged by a book - but...