Category Archives: Blog

I have seen your future … and it’s not pretty.

I recently attended a presentation by a ‘futurist’ who advises large corporations how they should prepare for technological and societal changes over the next five years. While highly entertaining, there was nothing in his list that couldn’t be predicted by the average Joe. So last night I gazed into my author’s crystal ball to determine … Continue reading I have seen your future … and it’s not pretty. →

The procurement profession can make a world of difference – A ‘novel’ approach.

My latest novel, The Last Oracle will be launched on Tuesday 17th October. The book’s hero, Sam Jardine is the ‘James Bond’ of the Procurement profession. He is as ordinary a person as any one of us, but he has the bad luck to be the employed by various nefarious organisations who are putting the … Continue reading The procurement profession can make a world of difference – A ‘novel’ approach. →

The Influence of Big Oil

It is impossible to overstate the importance of the global oil industry. We depend upon it for almost every aspect of our lives and until recently our biggest fear was that oil would run out. How would we drive our cars and fly to our favourite destinations without this precious commodity? Whole economies including those in … Continue reading The Influence of Big Oil →

Six of the Best. The Jaw Dropping Business Inventions that Changed My Life.

Unlike today’s Gen X’ers, Gen Yer’s and Millennials, I was born and educated in mankind’s Industrial Age but graduated in the Information Age. Just as Fred Flintstone and his stone age car existed on the cusp of the bronze age, my career has straddled two different epochs. Unlike my Information Age business colleagues, I have never lost that … Continue reading Six of the Best. The Jaw Dropping Business Inventions that Changed My Life. →

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Who’s that Trip-Trapping over MY Bridge? – 6 Ways to Counter a Troll Pile-on Attack

Six months before last year’s presidential election, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek blog about how to survive a Trump presidency. A week later the blog was subject to an orchestrated ‘no prisoners taken, pile-on Troll attack’ by twenty or so Trump supporters. The attack lasted for a couple of hours, but when no-one responded to their … Continue reading Who’s that Trip-Trapping over MY Bridge? – 6 Ways to Counter a Troll Pile-on Attack →

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The Elephants of Luangwa Valley

When the pace of corporate life gets too frantic, I dream of my favourite patch of earth. Its lies in the heart of Africa in a place called the Luangwa Valley in Zambia. A majestic river runs through the arid savannah and it teems with exotic wildlife. I picture myself as a teenager, drinking tea … Continue reading The Elephants of Luangwa Valley →