The day you stop learning about life and business is the day you take your last breath. As someone who has spent more than 40 years across four sectors I am continuously learning and I do not see that changing anytime soon (well hopefully 🙂   I have set aside...

If you have seen the film Groundhog Day you will know that the main character played by Bill Murray finds himself in a place where every day is the same as yesterday. He wakes up each morning to the same tune on the radio and every event that happened yesterday is...

My wife purchased Hula Hoops BBQ Beef flavour for me from our local Tesco which was a surprise as they were out of stock for some time. It was a pack that contained seven bags and a favourite of mine.   The first mouth full tasted stale and so I tried a second...

It was about 3.00 in the afternoon one Tuesday recently and I was walking along a pathway that runs adjacent to a narrow slip road that leads to our local shopping centre. As I looked over towards the entrance I saw a schoolgirl in uniform probably in her mid-teens...

  I was invited by the organisers of Tech Connect Live to emcee the main stage at their 2022 event. In tandem I was also going to moderate a panel discussion on the 'Evolution of Digital Transformation' and deliver my own keynote 'The Unintended Consequences...

There is a recession coming, how do I know, because every day we get further away from the last one, we get a day closer to the next one, fact.   It is very easy to forget past experiences as we enjoy the benefits of the good times, however, we must be...

One of the strange quirks of doing business in Ireland is the inability of the Irish to say 'No'. Now you do not have to be that blunt but you can convey the same sentiment in a nicer way but the message is the same. For example I was introduced to the owners of a...

I'd like to take you back to a time in your life when you were probably much younger, where the world was your oyster and your curiosity was to take you too many far-flung places on the planet. As a young person it was great to be able to take off and be free and...

  I wrote an article about hidden charges with a downloadable spreadsheet see here which was prompted by my experience of being caught out by a couple of experiences where I had taken advantage of a special offer but suddenly found I was paying full...