Book review

Jaron Lanier is a cool dude and one of the godfathers of virtual reality. A thinker and an entrepreneur. The book reads like a road trip and reminds me of “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”. The type of questions he asks are: What is left of you when you can change virtually everything

I spoke at the Green Business Conference in Wexford. Delighted to have done so. Big business opportunity I  explained why I think climate change is the biggest business opportunity since the internet. That is beside the moral imperative of our responsibility to leave a future for our children. $ 90,000,000,000,000 The total business opportunity is

My new book “Resilience, what you can learn from master chefs, stoics and Navy Seals and why innovation, art and storytelling are important” These are the 3 designs for the cover of my new book “Resilience, what you can learn from master chefs, stoics and Navy Seals and why innovation, art and storytelling are important”. Designed by

Future trends Trying to make sense of the future is difficult. To quote Tim O’Reilly, the author of “WTF?: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us”; “Everything is amazing, everything is horrible, and it’s all moving too fast. We are facing a set of paradoxes today. It took me a long time to

A book about leadership under VUCA circumstances, a world in a scramble, with asymmetric upheaval and shape-shifting organisations. Where disruption becomes the norm. It is not going to be easy. What do you need to do as a leader? Fitness You will need to be physically, mentally, and spiritually strong. Fitness will be a price

I had the pleasure of speaking at the ACEI conference about resilience. This is what I talked about: Resilience The definition of resilience is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties” or “the ability to persevere; to attempt to overcome setbacks or obstacles” In everyday-speak, it is often referred to as ‘bounce-back-ability or “toughness”. It

Our brain is wired for creativity There are many, many perspectives on creativity. Some think it is a skill we have lost. Some think it is an education problem. Most agree it is something we can learn. The authors of “The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World”, think it is part of human

Working with focused attention is important For me, it started with “Paid attention” and “The end of absence”. Maybe even “The shallows”. Constant distraction as an issue. Digital crack as an addiction. Knowing that attention is what we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore defines the quality of your life. Our

One of my favourite books is “Hidden champions of the 21st century”. It is a book about very successful family run small companies that no one knows about. A fantastic antidote to all the scaling, VC, unicorns, IPO, exit, news bombardment.Against the business news by exception. That is not how most businesses operate. Most businesses

Will robots and AI take over the world of work? Ken Robinson If was an educator I would scratch my head. That is what “Robot-proof,  Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” does. If you are a Ken Robinson fan, you know what I am talking about. If not, watch the most popular on