by Graeme Codrington | Dec 14, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Louis XV was king of France just before the French Revolution. He reigned from 1715 (when he was only five years old) to 1774 (the Revolution fomented throughout the 1780s, eventually erupting in unrest on the streets in 1789). Wikipedia records that Louis XV is the...
by Keith Coats | Dec 14, 2010 | Archive, Leadership
An old school friend, with whom I had long since lost touch with, recently made contact with me via Facebook. It turns out we live in the same area and so naturally made time to meet over coffee. Hair is greyer or thinner; waistlines are undoubtedly thicker but much...
by Graeme Codrington | Dec 9, 2010 | Archive, Diversity, Leadership
The British media are giving Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats a hard time at the moment. Today it is specifically about the Parliamentary vote about increasing university fees which took place this afternoon. What does the media not understand about how the...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Dec 7, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
I’ve just read an excellent article in Strategy + Business (S+B) called “the right to win” it raises an number of excellent questions about strategy in the new world of work. Walt Shill the head of consulting at Accenture believes that in...
by Keith Coats | Dec 7, 2010 | Archive, Leadership
“Over the last two decades, the world has changed substantially. The economic, political, social, corporate, and personal rules that now apply bear scant relation to those applicable two decades ago. Different times require a different script” writes Kenichi Ohmae in...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Nov 29, 2010 | Archive, Leadership
Somehow, after a few glasses of wine on Friday night, I found myself in a discussion about teams. My friend, a very accomplished and successful business owner, believes that there are no true teams in a business context – that everyone is inherently selfish and does...
