August 10, 2015
Green is the New Black
I was looking forward to interviewing leading sustainability expert Wayne Visser for our Expert Interview podcast. The plan was to talk face-to-face but we ended…
Posts tagged with 'leadership'
July 20, 2015
Behind the Boardroom Door
Boards govern, management teams lead. That’s what Nancy Falls told me when we talked recently about her new book, “Corporate Concinnity in…
June 23, 2015
Wanna Join a Team?
Justin Rosenstein, the co-founder of collaboration software company Asana, wondered, “Why do some teams march in unison and achieve big dreams, while…
May 12, 2015
Managers Versus Leaders: the big Debate!
What’s the difference between managers and leaders? It’s one of those questions you might expect to answer if you’re sitting an…
April 13, 2015
Do you Want to be More Innovative?
Stop and think about some of the incredible innovations we rely on today. Most of these products were invented decades ago and are now such…
March 30, 2015
How to Fail Faster and Better
Since leaving my job as a news reporter for Thomson Reuters and going freelance some years ago, I’ve had to come to terms with failure…
March 16, 2015
What I Learned From Losing a Million Dollars
It’s not often I find myself unable to put down a business book. But this was recently the case with “The Objective Leader,” by Elizabeth…
March 2, 2015
Weekly Lessons in Leadership
I’ve never been a leader of an organization and I’ve always shied away from management roles in my journalism career, preferring to stay “at the…
February 12, 2015
Motivation – the Agile Way!
Motivation is the art of finding out what “makes people tick,” and applying that to get the best from them. As such, it’s something that…
December 1, 2014
Tips From a Dreamer
I met Bill McDermott on a fine autumn day in London. He had a packed schedule for his one day in town, and I…
October 13, 2014
Digital Mastery
Do you remember when you first started using Facebook and Twitter? Most likely, you used social media to stay in touch with…
June 23, 2014
Make Your Organization Agile
Some years ago, I worked for a multinational that struggled to move fast. While our competitors responded quickly to changing markets and embraced new…
