by Keith Coats | Oct 12, 2011 | Archive, Leadership
The older they are the more expensive they become. It is an irrefutable law of parenting. I remember the days when I could arrive home after a business trip and any small, inconsequential thing would appease the kids and serve as an ‘I’m home’ gift. Often these small...
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by Graeme Codrington | Oct 6, 2011 | Archive, Leadership
The passing of Steve Jobs will no doubt bring a deserved flurry of eulogies over the next few days and weeks. He will be remembered by history as one of the architects of a new age, and I feel it is a privilege to live in a world at least partly shaped by his vision...
by Graeme Codrington | Oct 6, 2011 | Archive, Leadership
The passing of Steve Jobs will no doubt bring a deserved flurry of eulogies over the next few days and weeks. He will be remembered by history as one of the architects of a new age, and I feel it is a privilege to live in a world at least partly shaped by his vision...
by Keith Coats | Oct 3, 2011 | Leadership
I don’t know how he did it, but he did. Already running late, we were rushing to join friends for a social occasion when a distant cry echoed from the smallest room in the house. Keegan had locked himself in the toilet and was trapped like a bug in a jar. After...
by Keith Coats | Sep 29, 2011 | Leadership
The world’s fragile economy teeters once again on the edge of the abyss. For those who don’t understand the intricate economic mechanics of how we got to this place, but fully appreciate the impact of any recession from personal experience, it is a scary place. Some...
by Keith Coats | Sep 29, 2011 | Leadership
Sipho’s adoption meant that the lily-white Coats herd now acquired its own resident ‘black sheep’ – a literal rather than figurative turn of phrase, naturally. Of course Sipho’s presence in the family has given us our own unique insights and laughter. And of course...
