by Dean van Leeuwen | Sep 7, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
The story of a company that grew from zero to $200 million in three years. As markets go, it would be difficult to identify an industry much more mundane and uninspiring than mattresses. It is dominated by two companies Tempur-Sealy and Serta Simmons Holdings. This...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 15, 2017 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends, Leadership
In the past month, Graeme Codrington has had two high profile media appearances. At London’s Fleet Street studios of CNBC International, Graeme was interviewed by Carolin Roth on her Street Wise segment on 10 August. The second half of the five minute interview...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Aug 7, 2017 | Archive, Leadership, Tuesday Tips
After months of intense mathematical exercises, Albert Einstein decided to give himself a break from the work one night and let his imagination wander about the concepts of space and time, say Guenther Knoblich and Michael Oellinger in The Eureka Moment written for...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 28, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
Paul Cummins is a ceramic artist who lives in the city of Derby, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. He came across a poem written by an unknown fallen British soldier, it read: “The blood-swept lands and seas of red, where angels fear to tread.” Paul, who is...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 27, 2017 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Whichever company’s vision wins out will shape the future of the economy Precursor to what is an absolutely essential read for the future The dilemma for the C-Suite at the helm as they look towards a rapidly changing future is this: Seek out promising new space to...
by Keith Coats | Jul 15, 2017 | Leadership
Reading of a Somerset couple’s disastrous attempt to replicate the famous Dirty Dancing move (the one where Patrick Swayze lifts Jennifer Grey above his head as she leaps into his arms) ended up with them both in hospital, got me thinking. It is worth pausing briefly...
