TCR — I have been looking around at some of my favourite blogs today. And it’s an interesting to see my colleague Lee Hopkins running a Social Media workshop in Australia today and tomorrow. I have run these in the past in the UK and I loved doing it. But it was more than a year [...]
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"Your bill is ready…" SIENA — I know that we don’t always get it right. And writing this might mean that I am more likely to get it wrong. But there are a few things that seem to me to be straight-forward in professional services. If we are charging for time — which we are — [...] AL DUOMO, FIRENZE — I know how I feel about graffiti on historic monuments. I don’t like it. There is no value in defacing ancient monuments, like Lord Byron famously did at The Temple of Poseidon in Greece. But as I stumbled, puffin down the 463 steps from the top of the cathedral in Florence this afternoon, [...] NORTHERN LINE — Today at the close of business, I launched my second book: A duty of care. It’s subtitled ‘Leaders aren’t born, they’re made’ and it’s available now for only 699 pence. I’m not sure what that is in dollars or Euro. You can also download it for £4.50. Which is a good deal. [...] TCR — I’ve been at the Melcrum SCM Summit in London off and on this week. One table yesterday was lamenting the fact that presenters were showing very narrow case studies. “It’s just what worked in their circumstance. We should have consultants present on things that work in many businesses,” one said. But then again, when [...] GLOSCESTER ROAD — It’s been a while since I have been in the Middle East. Probably too long. But the good news is that I am going in a few weeks. And, today I worked with a bunch of people from the UAE, Egypt and many other parts of the world. I found it exciting and [...] ON THE BBC — Stephen Fry is visiting 50 states on TV tonight. He stops by the beautiful old Bretton Woods hotel in New Hampshire. More that 60 years ago, world leaders got together and sorted out a plan for the world economy. They set up the precursor of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund… and a [...] ST JAMES CAFE – I recognise that this probably changes everything. Well, not everything. But the shape of business at least. The credit crunch… the recession of 2008… the banking crisis… we don’t know what to call it yet. It’s messy. It’s far ranging. It will be difficult. I heard someone on TV last night comparing it to [...]
“The notes I handle no better than many pianists, but the pauses between the notes — ah, that is where the art resides.” HEATHROW — Managing people when you have all the answers is easy. Well, maybe not easy (I have a new book on leadership to sell soon, after [...] KNIGHTSBRIDGE — There’s film on TV tonight called Hamburger Hill. It’s a Vietnam War film and I remember when it came out. I was dying to see it then. But there is less than 0% chance that I will watch it now. Films match the mood of the times. And Vietnam films were rolling out at a [...] |
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