Book review

I just finished reading “Burn the business plan”, Everything we believe that works for startups, does not work. Business planning, enterprise support, ecosystems, mentoring, etc. Wikipedia He is particularly critical about mentoring. Decided to look up what mentoring means. According to Wikipedia; Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or […]

What happens when you put a group of people at the top at their game in a villa in Spain with a number of successful entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs and take a holistic approach? Combining body, mind and business. Combining movement and decision making. Success Combining some of the best in the business, who all share

Sensemaking, morality, humanity, leadership and slow flow In books, there is a move away from technology, innovation and disruption. Instead, business authors are asking some very pertinent questions of where this is all going. Call it “sense-making”. Not about making sense about the exponential development in technology, as that is now a given, but about the

The problem with moderating an event is that you don’t get the time to make notes. We were in Cork with KPMG, and the subject was export. This is what I picked up. Export Selling to America is like selling to Europe. Every state has a different culture and sometimes even a different language. The

Climate policy A long time ago I read a book titled  “The end of Western Civilisation, a view from the future”. Written as if a hundred year in the future, looking back on how we messed up the response to climate change. The thesis of the book is that Western civilisation became trapped in the grip

The wrong economics There have been quite a few books written about how GDP is the wrong metric. It does not take into account new business models. It certainly does not take into account the true cost of production, which should include pollution, carbon emissions and the real capital cost of impact on nature, but

This is a biased plug for a strategic retreat we are running in Barcelona. Not sure if there are places left, but if you are a driven, ambitious CEO, you should read on or book now. If you are not driven, well……. Tibor Olgers I am a lucky man. I get the opportunity to work with

LondonLawExpo 2018 I had the pleasure to speak at theLondonLawExpo 2018. About leadership and disruption. Fascinating. I used to think that law was boring. I now believe they will be at the forefront of some exciting business opportunities, as we move from the focus on technology to making sense of technology and considering its impact on

Is common creativity enough, or do you want to become an innovation outlier? My current favourite book on creativity is “Runaway species”. Creativity as a fundamental part of our software, and we can all do it. But then there is another perspective which deals with the innovation outliers. The people who are crazy enough to

The rules in life “Make your bed”  is a very straightforward book about ten rules you should live by. I just finished reading “Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World”. A book about extraordinary innovators. Benjamin Franklin One of them covered in the book is