The hard bit #2

September 12, 2016

The second hard bit, and harder than the first, is selling. When it comes to invention, you control a huge percentage of the moving parts. It’s an internal problem and you’re... READ MORE

The hard bit #1

September 11, 2016

The hard bit, the first (easiest) hard bit, is invention. Not that moment of brilliance as you step off the pavement - that’s as simple as falling off any irregular shaped object... READ MORE

In the dark

September 5, 2016

It’s got to be the most frustrating thing. When big decisions are being made, about you, that you know are going on, but that you have no ability to influence. Not the... READ MORE

Left dangling

August 27, 2016

Inside large organisations, everything is sugar-coated, silky cushions, no hard landings, no bitter pills. In all that warmth and cosiness, their slow slow very-slow pacing and seeming inability to make a... READ MORE

Email will save us

August 24, 2016

There’s a belief that email will do the job. That sending email, with wide distribution, is the same thing and has the same effect as a little one-on-one time. That because it’s... READ MORE