16.Jun.2011 Why Susan Boyle won’t (and shouldn’t) win Britain’s Got Talent
The Emperor’s New Clothes? (originally written May 28, 2009) There can’t be many people who are unaware of Susan Boyle. Type her name into Google and you’ll find 7,270,000 results related to this ‘singing sensation’ (Times Online). The single, 47 year old from Blackburn has taken the world by storm since her first appearance on Britain’s [...]
11.Nov.2009 A lesson from Rolls Royce
To steal a line from Sir Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls Royce…..’long after the cost is forgotten, the quality endures’ A few weeks ago I was at a networking meeting. This meeting was thrown together at the last minute and was full of professionally dressed, high-flying businessmen and women. The first presenter, a young sales [...]
