Well, I couldn't have made the banner much LARGER, I didn't want to create an accident or a traffic jam on the Pewsey to Marlborough roundabout in Wiltshire. I know its colourful and fabulous (with added biscuits), that's the way its got to be these days, stop me and buy one, close the deal etc … Continue reading What do you mean you haven’t seen it? Yes the “SANITY CLAUSE MEN’S MEETUP BANNER”
Rural Men’s Meetups the Pros and Cons
“I thought I was too old to meet new friends. Turns out I just needed to show up.” The Pros of Joining a Rural Men's Group 1. Real Connection, Local Roots In a rural county like Wiltshire, villages can be close-knit yet isolating. Groups like Sanity Clause bridge that gap. They create space for friendship beyond the … Continue reading Rural Men’s Meetups the Pros and Cons
“Now if I were you, I wouldn’t have started from here.”
I was thinking over the weekend, it's a long game and how did I get to where I am now? ... or as the Irish man replied when asked for directions, " "Now if I were you, I wouldn't have started from here."
This is one way to tell the story ... Let's start at age 16 in NI playing badminton for Ulster and Ireland, which is all I cared about at the time.
Young Turks
The number of young executives I see looking for answers to basic business questions (on any online industry forum) that got answered a long time ago concerns me. It's not their fault, who have they got to learn from if the older mentor figures keep disappearing? There has to be a process of regeneration, a cycle where experienced professionals, grounded in business skills, impart their knowledge to the next set of executives.
Meditation on stress
The fact that we are constantly bombarded with more data than it is possible to cope with may only be alleviated by AI, machine learning and robots taking over some of our roles.