I remember when my son excitedly told me he had created an army and was desperate to show me. I duly followed him into the lounge and saw his assembled army, split into two groups – one group on the higher level, apparently made up of the ‘king’ and helpers, and the other group as [...]
We avoid looking at bills because we're worried about seeing how far behind we are on their payments. We don't stand on weight scales or look in mirrors if we feel we've gained weight. We turn off the news when the headlines make us upset. We avoid getting an important medical test done, fearing bad [...]
Given the current global economic crisis that has been sparked from a health pandemic, the notion or idea that change is the only constant has never been more apt. In fact, the changes that are occurring are so rapid it's like walking on shifting sands. It is our response to how we deal with such [...]
I've been trying my hand at improvisational comedy of late. From being a fan of London's famous Comedy Store, I simply couldn't resist taking one of the 20 places at their 5-week masterclass. Although I didn't know what to expect, the insights were even more profound than I thought possible. We started with learning the [...]
Tucked away on pages 417-422 of the 16th Volume of the 1995 Tourism Management book by Roger Cheong, are two articles relating to the 'threats' of Virtual Reality (VR) on tourism. The first is about how tourists might travel with VR, and developers use it in the planning process, seeing VR as a logical progression [...]
Using discreet tactics that presumably wouldn’t be out-of-place in a Bond film, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have a perpetual “watch-list” of words that are continually assessed for potential inclusion in the hallowed pages of the OED. Once a word is eventually included, it becomes part of that generation’s authentic lexicon - [...]
Walking into the offices at the Ministry Of Sound in London was mind-blowing. The design and layout were super cool and the people wandering around inside were equally cool too. I was there because I'd been invited to come and speak with the founder and Chairman, and I didn't know quite what to expect. I'd [...]
I remember one of my first meetings with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA Group. At the time, he was in another role and I was presenting at a workshop about the future of retail and digital technologies. To this day, his recollection is of me being fairly clear in terms of the pace of change [...]
Believe it or not, the elementary understanding of the Greek Lyre, one of the first tuned musical instruments, is essential in understanding Greek Philosophy. The basis of many mathematical and scientific findings, thus creating much philosophical discussion, originated from Pythagoras’s experiments with string lengths and bridge positions on the seven- or eight-string Lyre. Musical notes [...]
One of my crowning moments of glory in business was when I trusted the wrong person and ended up penniless with two kids and an extraordinarily angry wife. I say that’s one of my crowning moments as it played a huge part in shaping the rest of my career. I remember a range of feelings [...]