December 11, 2015 2:39 pm
Much has been written about the need for schools all over the world to get up to date ‘devote more classroom time to teaching entrepreneurship. But what would the lessons look like? The essential skills and qualities needed to succeed in business are hard to find in any textbook. So I asked five very successful entrepreneurs what ‘must have’ tools, skills, instincts, etc., they think are fundamental to business success – and a university education wasn’t one of them. Timing is everything Entrepreneurs run a constant race against time. Knowing when and when not to launch your idea or issue business critical...
August 8, 2014 3:03 pm
Executive thought leaders are often referred to as the ‘go to’ people, the experts who lead the current thinking on an area of business that they are experienced in, passionate about, and influential on. They set themselves apart from the rest of their peers, CEOs and other industry figures, by being highly respected, having opinions that are sought after by the media, and their industry peers and taking current thinking to the next level. Not only will it benefit the organisation they work for, it can also dramatically improve the trajectory of their career. Celebrated for their original, high quality...
June 10, 2014 3:04 pm
Thought leadership is one of those ‘buzzterms’ that gets bandied about, often by the PR department looking for opportunities to boost the reputation of their organisation’s credibility and reputation. It’s also a topic that has generated cyber-acres of blog coverage on what thought leadership means, what a thought leader does, and how you can become one. Ironically, few of these posts seem to demonstrate much actual thought on the subject and why, in an era of business resurgence and growth, it is so important. In some ways, it is easier to explain what thought leadership is by starting with what...
April 6, 2014 3:05 pm
WHO has the fastest internet connection speeds in Europe? At country level it is the Dutch, with the fastest average speeds of 22Mbps, according to network analyst Akamai’s new State of the Internet report. But are there any continentals outperforming a small farming community in England’s rural northwest county of Lancashire, whose fibre-to-the-home network,Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN), runs at speeds in excess of 1,000Mbps? Yes, a Gigabit per second. While most commercial ISPs talk about ‘superfast broadband’, the folks at B4RN are ‘hyperfast broadband enabled’. And what makes that status even more satisfying is that they, the local...
