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.
Entrepreneurs used to want to “Stick it to the Man”
Technology Entrepreneurs were mavericks, outside the system, changing the world, disrupting society and most importantly ... not part of the Establishment.
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.
Why the face-off is dead
... when negotiators are able to metaphorically swing their chairs round so that, instead of facing each other, they are side by side, instead of confronting each other, they jointly confront the problem that challenges both.
SANITY CLAUSE 