Every now and then I read interviews with someone who has struck the big time – who appear to have come from nowhere – and is judged to be an “overnight success”. Usually the interview uncovers years of hard work and determination. I was reminded of this in reading a post on Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s [...]
Hearing late last night that Lloyds TSB was to take over Halifax Bank of Scotland has really made me think. We are living in interesting – and downright difficult – times and business casualties are inevitable. I have been trying to work out why this one has had such a personal impact on me.
I clicked on [...]
I had loads of time to browse bookshops in Canada. I love wandering amongst shelves of books seeing what jumps up at me. I order most of the books that I know I want online – but I almost always come home with a book that I didn’t know existed if I have been in [...]
