For the last few years I’ve felt like a slave to my computer. Hand wrapped around my phone, desperately trying to type fast enough to reply to reply. Ears plugged in and I walk along recording voice notes to people. Message after message, mail after mail, mounting inbox […]
At this time of year I always feel different, depending on how successful my year has been. Personally, I love the Christmas season and the chance to enjoy time with family, friends and loved ones, but professionally that’s not always the case…. Sometimes I feel exhausted and run […]
One often forgotten component of innovation is pitching. The momentous moment you stand in front of senior directors or investors to get buy in or funding for a project. You have spent hours and weeks in the development of this amazing idea. But as good as the idea […]
You walk in to the supermarket with a shopping list in your hand. It’s scribbled on a small piece of paper. You’ve read the recipe; you know how many you are cooking for. Your mind is focused, no distractions. You get what you came in for and you […]
This is important to us, this is what we care about, this is what we believe, this is what we like to do, this is the kind of people we are, this is our culture. I arrived expecting a formal conversation, sat around a table with a glass […]
As an employee or a business owner you have standards to adhere to and your customers have expectations of a certain level of quality. When those expectations are not met for whatever reason, you have to do something. The incident can either be a problem or an opportunity, […]
Yesterday I was listening to a conversation between my girlfriend and her niece. Her niece is 12. After a fun game of laser quest, she asked Kate what she did as a job – becoming gradually more curious about what jobs really entail as she starts to make […]
The thought of presenting or performing can be an overwhelming process. Anxiety can override you and mask the great ability that you have. It can damage your chance of success and make the build up a terrible experience. One that makes you avoid taking new opportunities to stretch […]
A trip to visit one of the leading companies in the world, with a mission of becoming the world’s greatest workplace by 2020. Being greeted by a super hero statue, leaving shoes at the door to make you feel like you are at home and standing beneath a […]
In April 2012, I decided to join 70 entrepreneurs and take part in the first Startup Weekend outside of London. A crash course in business and entrepreneurship and an opportunity to test the viability of a business idea that I’d had for a while. As the motto is No Talk, […]
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