There’s always something you can learn from putting your experiences down on paper. I love to dig around and discover new angles, often surprising myself and, hopefully you, with a relevant link to today’s situation. It all began some years ago when I was given the opportunity to write a business column for a local newspaper. I enjoyed the creative process and the clarification which came with writing. I am pleased to share my work with you here, along with some more recent musings.
I don’t think anyone would argue that being in business at the moment is anything other than distinctly tricky. Today’s business leader absolutely has to be agile, resilient, knowledgeable, empathetic and inspiring. I am of course acutely aware of – and fully acknowledge – this complexity and the long list of demanding criteria for success as I go about my …
My first association with Wales was quite a few years ago when as a teenager from England I used to visit Llangollen on our annual family camping holiday. I couldn’t pronounce any of the names then, even badly, and certainly places like Llangollen and Llandudno had me foxed! Blissfully unaware at that tender age of any rivalry between Wales and …
It’s perhaps not very well known, but also an interesting fact, that the month of January is named after the Roman god Janus. This god was known for having two heads, and therefore able to look in two directions at once. A very handy way of reminding ourselves that any planning we do in January could benefit from looking back …
It’s that time of year again – and at least this year, it feels like we have turned a corner and things are returning to normal. As the year has progressed, it’s great to see the gradual change, with in-person meetings and events becoming far more frequent once again. On a personal level, that makes a great deal of difference …
