Just before it all got a bit grim, I was writing a piece on women’s equality. I was thinking about women’s justified anger over our sorry sexist history, how we need to embrace that anger then get beyond it if we are going to tackle inequality properly. “Play the ball, not the man” is an… Read More
Are we losing our bottom, and should we care?
No, I’m not talking about that kind of bottom, so don’t worry, this hasn’t turned into yet another diet and exercise blog; besides, I’m not sure I’d have the energy. What I’m calling ‘bottom’ is the rigour, intellectual weight and sense of social responsibility we put into our decisions and actions. In our fast-moving, agile,… Read More
Happy 2019! An idiot looks at the future of business, and turnips

I owe you an apology or two. First, I’m meant to be running this as a business blog, hosted on my business website, and (if I can trust my analytics) read almost solely by a bunch of LinkedIn contacts (thank you for your support). Yet I fear my last few posts have gradually strayed further… Read More