Last week I was sitting by the side of a marina in Brittany watching the boats, people loading and unloading cabins, children playing and plenty of small dogs getting tetchy in the heat. I was quite content to sit and watch for over an hour each day, I had a book with me, but the […]
GEC 19 – Bahrain – Arrival
The annual meeting of over 170 countries all coming together to celebrate, learn and network all things entrepreneurship has been a major highlight of my year for nearly 10 years now. Over the years I have made many friends who, like me, have continued to work in the ecosystem in a range of areas, from […]
Youth, Innovation, Social Governance and China
Prizes for the first person to correctly guess the connection! Well, as there would be no blog post if I didn’t reveal the link; what ties all the words in the title of this blog together is the 2nd Youth International Innovation Conference where I was asked to speak earlier this month in Shenzhen. The […]
Rules are not for creatives, but frameworks are
Over the years I have worked with a number of creative teams in a variety of sectors ranging from R&D teams in Pharma, marketing departments in Finance and Hospitality, to Corporate Identity organisations, and then of course to startup entrepreneurs and founders. Reflecting on these experiences and the individuals I have worked with, I’ve observed […]