It is pretty great when you get to a point in your career when people are interested in what you have to say. It can of course be challenging and personally confronting when put forward to an event called ‘Stump the Strategist.” But what is great about it...
I find myself on a board with David Thodey, Anna Bligh and Graeme Samuel and . And we are the new board of Clever Corp – and fictitious corporation invented by hypothetical luminary Geoffrey Robertson. For more than an hour Geoffrey weaves his questions around...
On Monday I had the fortune of participating in the Growth Faculties Leadership Summit. Six leaders, with different styles and methods took to the stage to share what they had learned about leadership. Martha Stewart at 70, gave an energetic and passionate insight...
RedBallooners got moving this week in many ways – one of which is taking part in the Global Corporate Challenge – we are walking, running, swimming and riding around the world (metaphorically) as part of our RedBalloon Wellness program. I found myself...
I think one of the great things about doing what I do is the people I get to meet. On the weekend I was presenting for the Entreprenuer Organization and one of the other speakers was the energetic, enthusiastic, and effervescent Amanda Gore. Amanda must be one of...
Lessons From Legendary Brands I’m at the Marcus Evans CMO (chief marketing officer) Summit on the Gold Coast – listening, and learning. Richard Sauerman told us today he ‘does not want to tell us how to suck eggs’. When marketers speaking to...
How To Find Inspiration Facing a blank page, a lack of creativity and a deadline for a blog, I always ask myself how to find inspiration. This leads to the following questions: “What is going on for me right now? Is it interesting for anyone else? What am I...
Our deepest fear… I have just finished speaking at a conference to an audience of 1000 business owners. Each of them had started their business… do the hard yards… created something from nothing. But the question I asked myself (in my head) as I was...
