I spend my working life helping leaders of organisations bring their innovative, often challenging, ideas to reality. A glance through my LinkedIn profile and the topics I engage with and talk about may not provide an obvious answer. A career starting in journalism, with experience in a major automotive trade association, luxury car manufacturer, and delivering programmes to launch electric …
The Not Forgotten. A story worth reading, a road worth travelling.
Bernard ‘Bunny’ Ennis, at 94, is about to get on his bike and raise money for charity. Frankly, he should be busy in his workshop or working in the garden but he has been inspired during the COVID-19 crisis to do his bit (again). To be fair, he and his family have already ‘done their bit’ during WW2 when, as …
Could you launch someone’s career with this blog?
In 1987 a newspaper clipping arrived in the post from my aunt and uncle. It was a report about a new media training programme being launched in the North West of England and they wondered if it might help me in the struggle to get on the first step of a career in radio. From that article I was able …
Self-driving vehicles = sustainable mobility?
Spoiler alert : the answer is yes, but the back story needs some explanation. Since our rural ancestors flocked from the countryside to towns during the industrial revolution, technology has driven an alternating ebb and flow of population in and out of cities. As towns reached capacity trains and buses enabled suburbs to flourish, followed by widescale adoption of cars …
Time is limited, spend it wisely..
Let’s try to do it in 100 words. In 2017 at Triumph Motorcycles I worked with a brand that exceeds customer expectations with products designed, built and sold by passionate people with a story to tell. The same level of engagement exists in Ennis & Co, the executive search business founded on values that stand the test of time beyond the interview. And Meridian the …
Carpe Diem CAV
Does your income depend in any way on transport? If it does, read on, because it’s going to change and the question to consider is; will you change it, or will you be changed by it. Transport goes way beyond the obvious things (traditional makers and sellers of cars, motorcycles, vans and lorries) it means insurance, logistics, retailing (yes supermarkets …
Step forward and be the next automotive leader (hint: read this and do something today)
How do leaders emerge in organisations? How did your boss make the step beyond the others? Maybe she was prepared to invest time in her own career beyond the ‘day job’ and it was recognised by her boss. Maybe he worked out that there’s always a way to get that extra thing done during even the busiest day and proved …
Is the Sales Journey the best road for car retailing?
The challenge for the future is clear. Increasing expectations by customers, an expensive legacy retail infrastructure and the conflicting ambitions of stakeholders in the distribution process. Not easy.
Get Mobile – don’t miss the boat
This blog is about mobile devices. The smartphone in your pocket or bag. The tablet you read on the train or scan whilst the telly is on. They’re everywhere, but very few businesses are doing anything remotely ‘smart’ with them at all.
Your 4-Point Plan to Kick Start Business in 2013
Making good use of the first few days back at work can set you up for a strong start to the year and in this blog I have pulled together some practical tips you can use today to get the most out of 2013 whether you’re a manager in a multinational business or you run your own company. Give them a try..