Hello! Who Am I?
I’m a business consultant, non-executive director, lecturer and public speaker who’s excited by and loves sharing ways that creativity and new technology can help businesses succeed.
With a technology background and over 30 years of experience starting and growing businesses, I bring a practical “been there, done that” approach aligned with academic integrity.
Why this blog?
It’s my musings on experience in all aspects of my life, from business leadership to wild camping and cycling with children.
Hope you find it interesting and I would love it if it inspired a reader to start a business, get more active or go on an adventure.
SME Digital Adoption roundtable
A great discussion around what the various technology and financial organisations around the table could offer to accelerate SME digital adoption.
What does growth in every postcode mean?
A key theme was growth with a focus on “good growth” in “every postcode” but there’s a challenge, how do you ensure every postcode gets included?
Completing the Shropshire Hills Ultra Series
There were plenty of questions running through my mind as I stood in a rugby field in rural Shropshire at six o’clock on a Saturday morning.
Why Digital Transformation Projects Fail
How do we address the massive challenge of taking the people within a business with you on a digital transformation journey?
We Need Invisible Plumbing
Too often, we make things far too complicated. We expect people to have deep technical knowledge just to get basic things done in business. What we need is invisible plumbing . . . !
I must get out into the mountains to learn the news
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.
Let’s talk about Town Centre Parking Charges
Great to be on BBC News to talk about the impact of increasing in-town parking charges compared to free out-of-town retail.
Something to read this summer
I was asked by the team at Coventry University to come up with my summer reading suggestions.
Make the World Better
This is not a time to use the UK as petri dish for political & economic ideas or for personality driven politics but for collegiate working to create a stable environment with a long term strategy to build a resilient economy and UK community.
Just how much can you transport by bike?
For the last 2 years almost all my food shops have been done by bike plus trailer, from a few bits to a full CostCo shop, all transported by human power. Why don’t you try it too?