by Keith Coats | Mar 3, 2015 | Archive, Leadership, Organisational Development
Who is the biggest tyre company in the world? You might be tempted to say Goodyear or Bridgestone but you would be wrong. In fact the biggest (or maybe the smallest) tyre company in the world is LEGO. Today, LEGO produces some three hundred million tyres per year more...
by Keith Coats | Feb 24, 2015 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
When talking to Steve Cowley one is aware that you are in the presence of a great mind. Steve is one of the world’s leading scientists and is the CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London and Head of the EURATOM / CCFE...
by Keith Coats | Feb 17, 2015 | Leadership
I am guessing that we have all had sporadic but inspirational bursts of the desire to get ‘into shape’- to repel the advancing years and waistline and slay the beast. The outcome is usually to get to the gym or don the less-worn running shoes and get to work. All too...
by Keith Coats | Feb 10, 2015 | Archive, Leadership
It is an idea so simple, a suggestion so commonplace, it is hard to believe it can be something so overlooked or neglected. In their book ‘Organisations’ authors Bryan Bonner and Alexander Bolinger write about how to get the best out of a team formed to take on a...
by Keith Coats | Feb 3, 2015 | Archive, Leadership
The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory’ is a Chinese proverb that I recently stumbled upon and is one that I believe captures an important point for leaders. It is a good reminder to leaders for two specific reasons: Firstly, as a leader you will...
