A compilation of thoughts

I've had a relentless few days of writing  so I thought I'd pull all of the pieces into one place as some are currently just sitting on LinkedIn...so For my reflections on the UK launch of Google Glass. Yes, I look like a.... For a reminder that CEOs are people too For that exclusive extended …

10,000 hours of 70:20:10 – an interview

2 weeks ago I was lucky enough to be afforded a rare interview with Dr Maslow Pinkwell about his new book and talk to him about his unique position as a 'composite thought leader' Could you give me a brief synopsis of the new book? The key focus of the book is to centre people's …

Twitter goals and corrupting targets

I happened upon a question yesterday night in some tweets by Clare Haynes about whether people have 'Twitter goals'. I said that I did and that I'd be happy to share - so here we go. When I started working as an independent I realised that I had a wealth of options open to me …

Empathy

When you ask people to list the attributes of good leaders you get lots of nice things like Trust, Integrity, good communication and Vision. What you don't often get towards the top of the list is top notch 'empathy'. You don't get often enough 'understands what I worry about when I'm not here'. I'm not …

Dirty Rotten Bloggers and Thought Leechership

Last week I had the opportunity to go and see F.W. De Klerk speak about the end of apartheid and the importance of leadership - something that Kate Griffiths-Lambeth covers in wonderful detail here. I then went to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the weekend. De Klerk spoke at some length about how the requirement of leadership …

You think like a complete banker

Last week I found someone's cashcard on the street. It was from one of the 'traditional' High Street banks. It was a horrible day with rain coming down by the bucket load in central London. I was looking like a Tesco Value Mr Darcy from THAT scene in Pride and Prejudice. A bit.I thought it …

Do snails like rainbows?

This morning my daughter (who is 4) asked me if snails liked rainbows. I took to Twitter to see if anyone knew for certain and I got the following replies. Katie: I'm afraid snails wouldn't be able to see a rainbow. Only see "dark" & "light", really bad eyesight #randomstuffiknow Swiftly followed by.... Katie: Now …

Do snails like rainbows?

This morning my daughter (who is 4) asked me if snails liked rainbows. I took to Twitter to see if anyone knew for certain and I got the following replies. Katie: I'm afraid snails wouldn't be able to see a rainbow. Only see "dark" & "light", really bad eyesight #randomstuffiknow Swiftly followed by.... Katie: Now …