Connectivity

Connectivity

It is 700 years since the death of Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant who was one of the first to travel to China, and to write about what he experienced there. With letters of introduction from the Pope, Polo, his father, and uncle travelled down the Silk Road to the...
Leadership Series – #4 Follow The Leader

Leadership Series – #4 Follow The Leader

For the fourth instalment of my mini-series on leadership, we are focusing on followers. You can’t lead unless people are willing to follow. You may think that you are a leader, but if you have no followers then you are only leading yourself. Good leaders are tuned...
You Decide

You Decide

Once more the UK is going through its democracy ritual. The choices for Prime Minister are perhaps less polarising than Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, but they feel uninspiring to me. The politics of envy play out once more when people look at the ex-investment...
Leadership Series – #3 Communication Skills

Leadership Series – #3 Communication Skills

Good communication skills are essential for any leader. As a leader you may have the most insightful and groundbreaking vision the world has ever seen, but if you can’t articulate it then it will never happen. Even if you can, to a degree, articulate your vision, if...
Leadership Series – #2 Being a Leader

Leadership Series – #2 Being a Leader

For the second instalment of this short series on leadership, I am going to discuss what it takes to be a leader. In my last post I did talk briefly about three qualities of leadership, integrity, learning, and passion. So, let’s expand on these. Integrity comes from...