May 8, 2014 | Future of Business
It is a simple question….not always easy to answer. This is because we load this question with all sorts of false gods and hopes. We want our business to look a different way. We want it to make more, do more, be more. You can love your business and stay true to...
April 8, 2014 | Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
“Learn to love what you’ve been taught to fear.” Felix Baumgartner That quote came into my inbox overnight. I usually delete them quickly, but this one needed pondering. Our fears are such funny things, as they are so very personal. As the owner of a dog I...
October 4, 2013 | Future of Business
“The ability to listen and the willingness to stick your neck out and ask the obvious question are criminally underrated business essentials. “Richard Branson–Business Stripped Bare, page 267 Or to put it another way, are you more committed to...
September 30, 2013 | Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
These two questions have become my go to places when I am either stuck or playing small. 1. What would Richard Branson do? Richard Branson is a great exemplar of BOLD….so when I am feeling small and contracted I use this question to check if I am actually being...
August 29, 2013 | Future of Business
In the world of business as unusual we are, by nature, living on the edge of emergence. If we were not testing new models, new business structures, new ways of relating, collaboration and sharing, it wouldn’t be business as unusual. There is no rule book, very...