by Keith Coats | Jul 13, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
Some years ago I asked a friend who was responsible for some of the most successful TV adverts in South Africa – she was the advertising agency’s account manager for a fast food brand – what made the adverts so successful. “That’s easy” she said, “the client leaves me...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 5, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
According to Bloomberg, a financial data and media company, by late 2015 global corporations held over $15 trillion in cash and cash equivalents – a staggering fourfold increase over the previous ten years. “The Cannibalised Company”, a special report by Reuters...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 4, 2017 | Archive, Leadership, Tuesday Tips
In the video, I share three key ways for you to get more out of your business reading. Audible – listen to your books if you can’t read, or battle to read. And listen to them speeded up to get through them faster. http://www.audible.com – the first month...
by Jude Foulston | Jul 3, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
There is no shortage of helpful information available these days to help you succeed in the future of work. The Economist and Harvard Business Review provide excellent content along with numerous other institutions and publications for anyone keen on sharpening their...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 28, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
Innovation can be viewed as a process involving a series of discrete break-through inventions followed by incremental improvements which eventually leverage the full potential of the initial invention. It goes like this: Entrepreneurial start-ups experiment...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 14, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
I’m working in Finland this week for a leading business school and their client a food and wellness company, and came across Polar Bear Pitching, Finland’s take on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den. Imagine standing on a thick ice pack, you are shivering...
