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Lemons Into Lemonade in Whitehall
KR arriving at Raffles at The OWO Hotel We travelled down to London earlier this week in...
What Are You Watching? (Episode XI)
I lived in Sydney in the early/mid ‘90s, as Kings Cross writhed in its final death rattle. ...
Made In Switzerland …
I was in lovely Lucerne last week keynoting the Lucerne Dialogue’s European Business Conference.  700 decision-makers in...
What Are You Watching?  (Part X)
Just been around the world – 11 cities in 7 countries on 3 continents in eight weeks...
“It Was 20 Years Ago Today …”
… that powerHouse published my book sisomo – The Future on Screen, creating emotional connections with Sight,...
The Secret To Success
With thanks to Earl Meek.
Don’t Let The Old Man In (Episode...
“The old men, lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun. Sharing a park-bench quietly. How terribly...
Entertaining The World
Netflix is a Lovemark of mine. I love their commitment to creativity, storytelling, innovation and exploring what’s...
Peaky Buggers (3)
The Peaky Buggers came together again in Beckwood last week (KR Connect March 19 and January 2,...
Happy New Year (2)
In the spirit of my October 1st post, here are my six New Year requests to world...
Don’t Let The Old Man In –...
Live life to the max.
Back To The Future
A few weeks ago I was back at the top end of Kings Rd, Chelsea – opposite...
Dare To Dream
Just back from two days in Morristown, New Jersey (which is next door to our new farm...
Peter Pan To The Rescue
More news from Neurospicy, neurosparkling daughter Bex in Auckland. "Think of a wonderful thought, any happy little...
A World of Endless Possibilities
Last week I was in London working with Sky Studios and also with a dynamic Coaching start-up,...
For The Good Times
One of my heroes just passed away, having lived a good life, at the age of 88....
The Problem With Management
Thanks to The New Yorker.
Happy New Year
2025 will be challenging – an October 30 Budget in the UK, a US election (Dumb and...
Don’t Let The Old Man In (Episode...
The inspirational Head of Talent & Culture for Raffles/Fairmont, Deborah Cross, recommended the Chris Hemsworth series Limitless...
Just Hanging Out
Son-in-law Heath has a professional photography studio and is a devoted dog lover.  Terry is an integral...
Thinking Fast and Slow
Robin sent me a one liner from Daniel Kahneman: ”No one ever made a decision because of...
A Letter To Myself
Am working on 2025 strategies with several CEO’s and Leadership teams and I’m convinced it will be...
Sograpiness in the Desert
Two days in Desert Dream with (Arsenal fan and all round top man) Stephen Brauer, CEO of...
Please Come To Boston (as the song...
Almost exactly 30 years ago, I first visited Boston.  I was at PepsiCo and was invited to...
All We Have Left Is Time
From Bex.
Where Did America Go?
Give this album a listen:  Spotify - Where Did America Go? You Tube: Pat Boone, Where Did...
(IQ + EQ + TQ + BQ)...
Here’s an article I just wrote for Fast Company in Turkey. Most conventional research focuses on what...
Seven Things Mentally Strong People Never Do
I spend a fair bit of time coaching Mental Toughness, drawing on experience from the worlds of...
The 80/20 Rule in Action
The beautiful 80/20 Rule: Health:                   80% eating, 20% exercising Wealth:                  80% habits, 20% math Talking:                  80% listening,...
Let Happiness Ring – Part I
In 1973 a Daily Mail correspondent, Thomas Baggs, died and bequeathed a substantial sum to his alma...
Ben’s Spirit – Every Second Counts
Eldest son Ben has adopted this mantra from The Bear. ‘Make every second count’ is a great...
Turning Moments Into Memories
35 years ago, I first visited The Fairmont in Banff Springs and their sister hotel resort –...
Let Happiness Ring – Part II
Seven Secrets of Psychological Happiness: Ten minutes of mindfulness every day. A few minutes of self-compassion. Making...
A Grocery Like No Other
https://rttownsend.com/ I am privileged to work with two of the best grocers in the world.  Booths in...
A Day Out in Booths Country
A Summer’s day in the heart of Booths Country with Chairman Edwin Booth, MD Nigel Murray, and...
ALIVE AND GIGGING
Adults – £16.  Fools – £14.  Students/U25s – £8. (Send in the Fools!!) One of my two...
In Praise of KidZania
Guest blog from youngest daughter Rebecca – en route to The Lake District via Dubai.  If you...
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
Outside a pub in Keswick, the climber’s gateway in the Lake District.
Foodie Friday – The End Of An...
14 years ago, Trudy and I first visited Binkley’s – at that time it was in a...
AI Matter(s)
Son-in-law Heath’s brilliant new AI photographic studio initiative was highlighted in New Zealand‘s leading business magazine this...
All We Need Is Love
Never give the customer what they want...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGuVEVvB52c Apologies for the f-bombs, but here’s a terrific Lovemarks message from a life-long Manchester City fan...
East Meets West
I spent an in-and-out 24 hours in one of my favourite cities – Istanbul last week.  I...
All In – in Artificial Intelligence
The internet is alive with major new AI initiatives from Apple and Google.  Both companies are ‘All...
Are You A Spartan?
I’ve just completed some work on the global trends I’m seeing for the next three years –...
Crazy Pizza
Trudy and I were just in Rome with three of our grandchildren – Kendall, Stella and Chloe...
Crazy Pizza
Trudy and I were just in Rome with three of our grandchildren – Kendall, Stella and Chloe...
Au Revoir Françoise
We are in Paris, where my 60’s crush – Françoise Hardy died earlier this week after a...
Today’s Recipe
Put eight Peak Performing leaders (who don’t know each other) from Ireland, Scotland and England together in...
If You’re Down Bristol Way …
If business or pleasure takes you to the south west of England, then Bristol in particular, Clifton...
Winning in Wales
I spent a great couple of days at The Celtic Manor in Newport this week.  (Thank you...
Back on the Oryx
Back to Doha for a fabulous 24 hours at Raffles Doha – one of the great hotels...
The LoveWalks Aotearoa
A guest post from Carlos Miguel Martinez: LoveWalks Aotearoa (also known as LoveWalks New Zealand)  is a...
Four In A Row
LoveWalks / LoveTalks
A couple of weeks ago when I was in Auckland, a brilliant, creative friend of mine –...
What Are You Watching?
I just completed a round-trip from Phoenix to Doha and back.  46 hours with my iPad.  Here’s what...
Why Don’t We Hang Out More?
I asked Robin this.  He responded with a poem (as poets are likely to do). Why don’t...
Why Don’t We Hang Out More?
I asked Robin this.  He responded with a poem (as poets are likely to do). Why don’t...
Train Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard
On February 8th I wrote about some learnings from the world of fitness (three months in, I’m...
Lovebirds in Desert Dream
The Sonoran Desert is blooming – and our courtyard haven is growing lush, fertile and green.  This...
And/And
We are moving rapidly forward into a hybrid world of Artificial Intelligence, Practical Creativity, Human Empathy and...
Peaky Buggers II
A note from a Peaky Buggers founder member – Rog (Dodge) Moss.  A brilliant artist, sculptor and...
Be Funny
Trudy and I joined 16,000 other fans at the Phoenix Suns’ home court – The Footprint Centre...
The Time Is Always Now …
Last week I posted a quote from Mary Oliver which I have on display in our US...
Tell Me
More News From Dubai
Trudy, Vanessa, Kendall, Cameron and Andrew joined me in Dubai last week.  Here’s what they thought. ===...
The Liverpool Way Sessions (Part I)
Three quotes from stories told by Jürgen Klopp and his leadership group during our fourth session last...
Don’t Let The Old Man In (Episode...
An ongoing theme nowadays as I close in on my fourth quarter, inspired by my own role...
Keeping the Flame Alive
Last year I worked with husband and wife team, Stephan and Monica Bissig – on rejigging their...
Kimoha Dreaming
Still in Dubai.  Still with old friends.  This time Vinesh Bhimani – and his Exec Leadership team...
More Good Times (this time in Dubai,...
Exactly 12 months ago I was with my Middle Eastern Family – Fouad Es-Said and his eight...
Peaky Buggers
Barry and I were at Primary School together.  In the Cubs together.  At LRGS together.  At the...
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Here’s an inspirational story from a dear friend of mine, Jesal Asher –  business leader, entrepreneur, progressive...
Hello Momma Bear
Trudy’s Spirit Animal. Bears are not mean or malicious; they are very gentle and tolerant animals.  Mother...
What is your Spirit Animal?
Youngest daughter Bex is a giraffe (thank you Heath and Matter for the great AI visual!).  The...
The Three Amigos
A Texan, a Lancastrian and a West Coast Canadian walked into a bar. The man in the...
Lovemarks Lives
On Lovemarks’ 20th Birthday, choreographer and partner in concept Brian Sweeney sent me this note from Felipe...
Here’s to the Oryx
I flew from Manchester to Doha and Doha to Melbourne last week.  It’s 20 hours or so...
Be True to Your School
I was surprised last week to receive an email from the Headmaster of my old School –...
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Just arrived back in a wintry Europe – with visits to Manchester, Lisbon and Barcelona all on...
Train Hard, Work Hard
I’ve started the year with a Dry January, daily Peloton / road-biking sessions and healthy eating.  Why? ...
What Are You Watching?
After four weeks of Christmas (!) with three sets of grandkids in Desert Dream, we’re heading out...
Let’s WOOP Again!
Two years ago (KRC February 11, 2022), I shared Gabriele Oettingen’s WOOP theory on this blog.  I’ve...
Chapeau Chapeau
“Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.” A tip of the hat...
Don’t Let The Old Man In (2024)
If you make it to age 65 in the US today, there’s a 50% chance you’ll make...
Tonight We Ride
Robin sent me this from Bukowski: “If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is...
Hail, Hail The Soho House
I received this letter a couple of days ago.  We stay in their houses in NYC, Soho...
Foodie Friday – Ben’s Singapore Recommendations
My eldest son Ben has lived in Singapore for eight years – he’s an adventurer and a...
Foodie Friday – Ben’s Singapore Recommendations
My eldest son Ben has lived in Singapore for eight years – he’s an adventurer and a...
The Peaky Blinders Come North
How better to start the New Year by celebrating the past.  We held a celebratory dinner at...
Happy New Year
Here’s wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year. A time to reflect and consider these five...
Manchester City 4 – Fluminense 0
FIFA Club World Champions. UEFA Champions League Winners. UEFA Super Cup Winners. Premier League Winners. FA Cup...
WOOP Your Life!
A couple of weeks ago, In-Cumbria magazine Associate Editor Sue Riley asked if I’d write a few...
Don’t Do Dumb Sh-t
Sir James Ratcliffe, Chairman of petro chemicals giant INEOS, has just written a book – Grit, Rigour...
Stay Delulu
At Saatchi & Saatchi, we believed ‘Nothing is Impossible’. Adidas went further and told us ‘Impossible is...
The Killer
Youngest son, ex NY Film Academy graduate Dan, told me I’d love this.  I did.  Incredible performance...
Foodie Friday – In Praise of Glorious...
13 Michelin stars across 11 restaurants neighbouring Beckwood, our Grasmere holiday haven. The beautiful English Lakes have...
Christmas in Chester
Last week I was in the beautiful city of Chester, working with CEO Richard Lloyd and his...
Good Morning From Beckwood
Winter's first snow in The Lakes - December 1st. This is where the Magic Happens.
Foodie Friday – “When in Rome …”
A three minute walk up the Christmas-decorated boutiques of the Via del Babuino from our long-term favourite...
Touring with WOBI
Two great weeks on the road with WOBI – three continents, four countries – Sydney, Mexico City,...
Dion – An American Hero
https://open.spotify.com/track/2zcqWL3MLQVU1M92iNLpP0?si=_
Showing Up
‘Sid the Kid’, ‘The Next One’ – Sidney Crosby, two-time Olympic Gold medallist, three time Stanley Cup...
Foodie Friday – Continuing a week in...
Trudy and I were spoiled in Madrid by the wonderful (and crazy) Nathalie Garcia, a creative French/Spanish...
Foodie Friday – Is this the best...
Food court experiences are usually to be avoided at all costs – mass market, fast, low quality...
The Mondavi Defense
I love wine.  I love the happiness it brings to most social events.  I’m privileged to have...
Sheer Magic
https://youtu.be/Opxhh9Oh3rg?si=PeUazIghi1xRMBQC With love, from me to you. KR
Making the World a Better Place
Sustainability is one of the most over-used, and under-actioned (!) words on the planet. We have homes...
Everything Will be OK in the End
The Boss (in Barcelona – me, not...
Following my last blog on The Boss, here’s a note I sent to my daughter Bex. ----...
Reboot.  Recharge.  Reload.
We’ve just spent 10 days in the tranquillity of two of our favourite Turkey and Greece hideaways,...
The Ten Indian Commandments
This poster hangs in Grasmere’s The Jumble Room – one of the most eclectic, fun hang-outs around...
Memories of A Great Man
23 years ago I had a two hour one-on-one with Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.  I had been...
My NYC Love Affair
In 1972 I was living in London and had just been headhunted to run New Product Development...
Tapie – Class Act
In the early 90’s, I was on the Board of New Zealand Rugby and was tasked to...
Have a Pint of Carlsberg
Eldest son Ben sent me this word from Ireland Rugby’s sponsors. (I watched the game in Bodrum,...
Would an Idiot do that?  How to...
Nicky Gray sent me this.  It’s the most important two minutes you’ll watch today. The kindest person...
Foodie Friday – Bliss at Bless, Ibiza
We stayed in idyllic Ibiza for a few days in early October – post the crazy summer...
The Boss is Back
We’re off to see The Boss again – November 30th in Phoenix – Row 12 – up...
What Do Leaders Do?
They win.  They deliver. Here are two brand new books from mates of mine who have won...
Foodie Friday – In Ibiza with Trudy
We’re about to eat at a terrific 1-Star Michelin restaurant (more on that later).  But before that,...
The Best Ability is Availability
Never been truer in a working from home, post-Covid world.  Time to enjoy the Summer, then get...
What are you watching?
Lots of flights recently – so lots of bingeing.  Some highlights: Series Three of Warrior on HBO...
Living Life, Loving Life in England’s Lake...
The Daily Mail: The Best UK Towns-Villages I spent many childhood weekends and Summer holidays in the...
WOBI in Sydney
I’ll be kicking off my WOBI (World of Business Ideas) season in Sydney on October 12th. Here’s...
Sharing Sograpiness in The Lakes
I mentioned the Portuguese Wine Company Family, the Guedes of Sogrape, in my July 25 2023 blog. ...
“Ask yourself how old would you be...
KRC – October 21, 2020 A great line from Toby Keith’s song inspired and written after playing...
World Of Business Ideas (WOBI)
In October 2007 I was invited by WOBI to speak at their World Business Forum in Milan. ...
Greatness (Part II)
I wrote a piece on Greatness last month (August 1st) and while I was on Vancouver Island...
The Wild Bunch in Arizona
Last week, ex All White Soccer star and Whip Around CEO, Noah Hickey – brought his gang...
In Praise of Quinta da Leda
Have been enjoying this Douro Red for a few years now.  It’s our go-to house wine in...
Netflix is Back!
I’m a Netflix Fan – and they’ve been struggling with a few growing pains of late.  It...
Foodie Friday – Family Foodie Fun in...
Mark and Vanessa got engaged in Nantucket 16 years ago.  Three kids later, they’re back on their...
AIR
The Shoe Dog, Matt Damon, not Michael Jordan, great 80’s pop culture footage, Nike, Basketball, Ben Affleck,...
ADHD – a Superpower, not a Disorder!
Bex sent me this podcast the other day – by Sonia Gray, a friend of hers and...
The Last Chance Saloon
Have been suffering from osteoarthritis for three years now – a common ailment amongst folks my age...
greatness
Duncan Skipper – Co-Founder of Melbourne hot-shop Skipper & Skipper – is chasing greatness – hopefully as...
Foodie Friday – Little Italy in Lancashire
Michelin award one-star to restaurants using top quality ingredients where dishes with distinct flavours are prepared to...
In Praise of Family Owned Companies
I love working with Family companies.  From Piana and Ferragamo in Italy, to the Guedes Sogrape family...
Oh Boy – Apple Magic
https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/ Sign me up!
A Guest Post from Postie
Nigel Murray, M.D. of the Good Grocer Booths (a Lovemark in the North West of England) is...
Letting A Key Leader Go
Recently I’ve worked in two situations where a good leader has had to be let go as...
What It Takes To Be Number One
As Manchester City won the toughest league in the world (the English Premier League) for the fifth...
Tips From The Top
All time Tennis great – Roger Federer – was recently asked about his reflections on his life...
Creativity Takes Courage
When I was at the Pop Art exhibition in the Gold Coast (KR Connect 3rd May ’23,...
The Most Important Eight Words in Business
We Are. We Can. We Will. We Did.
Breakfast Club on the Waterfront
A great luncheon event at The Pontoon on the ocean at Westhaven, Auckland.  The clubhouse of R...
With The Don in Porto
For the past two years I’ve been going to Porto for 11 sessions with eight of Sogrape’s...
Glamping in Grasmere
A few years ago the beck-side road to our Grasmere home was destroyed by severe flooding and...
The Most Important Eight Words in Life
I Am I Can I Will I Did
Simple Sets You Free
A simple message from HR guru, Nicky Gray.
(Don’t Look Now Fouad)
City 1. Inter Milan 0. The Treble. Tonight the Manchester rain will taste like champagne.
Kia Kaha, Kia Toa
A great morning at Tamaki College with an inspirational Principal – Soana Pamaka, the first Tongan to...
Two Down, One To Go
Watched the FA Cup Final from Momi Bay, Fiji – thanks to cousin Ian performing miracles to...
Foodie Friday – A Cathedral of Cuisine...
Juan Naya (The Dreamer) – CEO of ISDIN, top man, dear friend, ex Nasa rocket scientist –...
Never Give The Customer What They Want
Recently we were sitting in the bar at the Casadelmar outside Porto Vecchio.  When we sat down...
Foodie Friday – Corsica Stars
Two dinners at the beautiful Casadelmar just outside Porto-Vecchio in Corsica.  The island’s only two Michelin Star...
Blue Moon Rising
Five Premier League titles in six years. I was there.
Foodie Friday – A Blast from The...
We just spent a few days in one of the most beautiful Mediterranean hot-spots – the fabled...
Words of Wisdom
My old friend Bob Seelert, former Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi and the man who brought me...
20 Tips from Moffo
I worked hand-in-hand with (ex Australian Rugby League CEO) David Moffett in the 90’s when he was...
Feeling Down?
Feeling blue?  Don’t fight it.  Instead, feel your Feelings.  Don’t deny them.  Then commit to replacing them...
Happy People Make People Happy
I wrote a few weeks ago about Cary Cooper’s happiness-at-work habits. Here’s a list of nine things...
Andy Warhol on The Gold Coast
I’ve been a Warhol fan from the get-go – and have a few signed limited editions in...
Blue Moon Rising
The top two teams in England went head to head last night at The Etihad.  I flew...
Masterclass at The Beach
Two days of Lovemarks / Peak Performance with 16 of AIA’s key financial partners from Queensland, Victoria...
Foodie Friday on The Gold Coast
Trudy is in Amanzoe, Greece enjoying five beautiful days with her daughter Vanessa.  Last night I also...
Amazing
I’m at a favourite old haunt of mine – full of memories of my prior life in...
Foodie Friday. La La La Lancashire
Spencer and Diane took time off from letting Herdy roam free throughout the U.K. over the Easter...
Easter Greetings
From my daughter Bex.
Happy at Work?
I’ve been working on Happiness/Wellbeing at Work for around a decade now – on the basis that...
The Pitch Deck
I’ve been working with start-ups at the Oxford Foundry and RYSE for a few years now.  I’ve...
Executional Excellence in Arizona
Post Covid we have seen a never-ending decline in operating standards and executional excellence.  The excuses are...
Livin’ Life Slow – and Carefree
Trudy and I love Arizona.  We live in the hidden gem of Cave Creek’s neighbour, Carefree –...
The Kiwis Have Landed
3½ years later – freedom from the Covid Kingdom of New Zealand – my sister (and Emmylou...
Good Times at Thyme
We turned back time last week in the Cotswolds.  In 1972 I went to Lebanon for the...
What are you watching?
Am watching plenty of action, crime, and blood n murder.  Series II of Braqueurs… riveting, violent, all...
Foodie Friday – Say Hi to Sky
Sky sat next to me throughout our dinner at Franchin, our favourite restaurant in Nice last week. ...
Hopes and Fears
I posted my hopes and fears for 2023 last month. This prompted  Robin Dyke to break into...
Foodie Friday – Bon Appetit
We’re in Paris – one of the world’s most magical cities.  Two of our favourite bistros that...
Hopes and Fears for 2023
Here's a shot that appeared in InCumbria Business Magazine.
Happy Valentine’s Day
From Charlie Brown and Me.
Creativity is in All of Us
My Kind of Club
The updated Member’s Rule Book from my club Quo Vadis, the Grande Dame of Dean Street, Soho,...
Don’t Look Back
I never look back.  To me yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  Today is a gift. ...
Surprising with the Obvious
We are all struggling with the New Abnormal rhythm of a hybrid working environment.  Many businesses have...
Foodie Friday – What’s In, What’s Out
According to the eccentric, brilliant Chef Jeremy Lee of my London restaurant/club, The Grand Dame of Soho...
Words of Wisdom from Yellowstone
Not everyone likes me. But not everyone matters.
Back to Work
A fast start to 2023. Today – a Zoom presentation to ISDIN’s National Fotoprotection conference in Barcelona...
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF YOU
Here are six positive/affirmation/confidence tips from an unusual source – spoon-bender and illusionist – Uri Geller.  They...
What are you watching this year?
Everyone has a guilty viewing pleasure – something that may not be critically acclaimed, or may not...
Surviving the Downturn
Six months ago I shared a few thoughts on how leaders/businesses should approach the upcoming inevitable post-Covid...
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from Desert Dream. K&T
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree …
The warmth and glow of our Christmas tree brings comfort, happiness and hope for the coming year. ...
Ukranian Pie
Clever, Catchy, Funny and Moving.  Had Trudy and I dancing in our roof-top bar in the Sonora...
Hail Auld Reekie
I spent a few days last week in one of my favourite cities – Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital...
2022 Wrapped
Got your 2022 wrapper yet? Am listening to mine – 4,475 songs, most played – Whiter Shade...
Oh Lucky Man!
Try to remember the kind of December when I was a young and callow fellow. 1972, Swinging...
Go The Atlas Lions!
Two of the happiest couple of years of my life were spent in Morocco.  1978 and 1979. ...
La Casa de Carlota
Herdy has been Roaming Free, from The Lakes to Barcelona.  Herdy Founder and Creative Director, Spencer Hannah,...
Foodie Friday – AVO, AVO, AVO –...
A guest blog from Trudy. Walking through the streets of London on a beautiful fall day in...
Foodie Friday – The Best Sandwich in...
I had this twice last week in London – at Quo Vadis (ref KR Connect 11th November)....
Foodie Friday – Karl Marx Lived Here
Opened in 1926, once a brothel, once the home of Karl Marx (the Das Kapital one –...
What Best Men Are Made Of
My Best Man – Robin – is a great reader, thinker, athlete, husband, mate and poet.  One...
The Three HUM’s (Humanity, Humility, Humour) in...
I am privileged to be an Independent Director of the North West’s Good Grocer – Booths –...
Birthdays, Bison and Beth (Dutton that is)
My globetrotting life with family and friends and homes in several countries and time zones means I...
I’m Still Standing
A six-week road trip from our Desert Dream retreat – solo and then with Trudy.  Round the...
Foodie Friday – Simple Sets You Free
What could be better? Last Friday, in a small bay 10 minutes from the Amanruya, 20 minutes...
Mad Men (V)
And finally – Have Fun! Happy People make people happy. And Happy People are 30% more productive....
Managers Masquerading as Leaders
A guest blast of fresh air from a terrific thinker, speaker and author – Alan Berson (KRC...
Mad Men (IV)
More Leadership Tips for today, tomorrow and 2023. 7)  Pursue Failure Good judgement only comes from bad...
Foodie Friday – Viva Las Vegas
Dinner in Spain, Italy and Greece in three nights – on the Vegas strip of course.  At...
Mad Men (III)
More Leadership tips from the Golden Age of Advertising. 4)  Make Magic Always fight for great ideas.Pull...
Mad Men (II)
Ten Top Tips – actually 100 split into 10 groups of 10.  (Who said leading an Agency...
Mad Men (I)
I spent almost 20 years as an Ad Man, as Worldwide CEO of iconic agency Saatchi &...
Back To The Office (II)
Noah Hickey, ex New Zealand International Footballer and CEO of fast growing logistics software company Whip Around,...
Back To The Office (I)
The world is re-opening – and what a mess it’s in. Politically, socially and economically, the challenges...
Foodie Friday – Hail, Hail Melbourne
Back in one of the world’s foodie capitals, Melbourne for the first time since February 2020 –...
Back to the Scene of the Crime
On February 25th 2020, I posted a blog about my Global Transient Amnesia episode in Melbourne.  I...
KLEO
A sleeper – KLEO – on Netflix.  If you’re a Killing Eve or Tarantino fan (KRC July...
Start with the Answer and Work Back
For a decade I worked hand in hand with Bob Seelert – as Chairman of Saatchi &...
Foodie Friday – Vive La France!
Two contrasting dinners last week – both rooted in France. L’Escargot in London’s Soho.  The oldest French...
Still Rockin’ – I’ve Got It Made
Good mate Peter Corijn, aka Paul Numi is at it again.  Channeling Bryan Adams and Sting: “If...
Five Quotes from a Recent Sequoia Founder’s...
Adaptability “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the...
Proper Preparation Prevents Pretty Poor Performance
Following on from last week’s checklist for surviving in these challenging times: 1)   Prepare Yourself: Walk towards...
Don’t Ask Me How I Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDdke57Nes A few years ago, Trudy and I were in Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth when this...
The Six P’s
Old Grammar School friend, newly minted OBE, former President of The First Tier Tribunal, His Honour Judge...
Surviving the Downturn
I’ve lived through a bunch of big crashes / recessions / corrections; the dot-com crash, 9/11, the...
Hail Hail Tarantino
I just gorged on Kill Bill Vols 1 and 2 for maybe the fifth time – so...
Foodie Friday – Old Friends in Oslo
My first time in Oslo since I visited in the Swinging 60’s with Mary Quant.  Two days...
The Monaco of The Middle East
In the late 60’s / early 70’s, Beirut was known as the Paris and The Riviera of...
Foodie Friday – Biking in Croatia
Robin and Marline are in the middle of their hard-core annual Tour de Croatia, after a two-year Covid-forced...
Simply the Best
Reconnecting with grandkids after Covid isolation.  Kendall, Cam and Andrew outside The Spotted Donkey in our Arizona...
Foodie Friday in Florence
Deep in the heart of Tuscany, in one of our favourite cities, two restaurants you should consider...
Our Florence Lovemark
We’ve been staying at the Villa San Michele in Fiesole, a 600 year old former Renaissance Monastery...
Lemons Into Lemonade
At 2pm, after a 14 hour flight from Dubai to JFK on Saturday, I was just about...
Gee but it’s great to be back...
Back at Beckwood for 24 hours in between Wales and Portugal; 16 of us for a decadent...
Riding through Wales and the South West...
A great week speaking at The Celtic Manor in Wales (home of a couple of Ryder Cups)...
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Was in Estoril last week at The Congress Centre in front of 600 Portuguese marketers and retailers...
The Jokerman
The Texan Bobness (Bob Latham) was in Tulsa 10 days ago (who knows why ...) and took...
Father’s Day’s A-Coming
Here are some T-shirts to consider buying your Dad. KR
WOOP
On February 10th I wrote about WOOP – what’s your Wish, what’s the Outcome you envisage, what...
We Are The Champions
Instead of being in my seats at The Etihad, I was in The Celtic Manor in Newport...
A New York State of Mind
The Big Apple is back!  Spent the weekend at Soho House in the revitalised, re-energised Meat Packing...
Keeping Busy
"I don’t do much planning, nor care much about tomorrow. All I care about is that tomorrow...
A Real Ghost Town
A lazy Spring Sunday in Arizona – Trudy and I drove two hours to Jerome.  A roaring...
There’s Something To Be Said For Getting...
Mellow Sunday Desert evening – glass of Barca Velha – in Tonto’s, listening to the new Willie...
The Banksy of Photographers
Dilly, the black lab in the photo has been viewed more than 30 million times. It’s the...
Chimes of Freedom Flashing
As soon as Trudy, me and the Family were vaccinated (and boosted), the Fear disappeared.  The Anger...
Everything Starts With Purpose
I’ve been writing about Purpose at the Organisational level and at the Personal level for 20 years...
These are the Good Old Days
Apologies for the long break between drinks.  Have been non-stop travelling to London where I caught up...
Introverts Make Great Leaders Too
I read an article three or four years ago by Zachary Crockett in The Hustle. Talking to...
Blue Moon Rising
Last week Manchester City Football Group announced a partnership with Brand Ed to launch the City Football...
It’s Getting Better All The Time
Daniel Akst just reviewed Arthur Brooks’ new book on aging well – “From Strength to Strength”.  I’ve...
The Dying Art of Friendship
Some notes inspired by David Brooks, Robin Dunbar and Robin Dyke – with thanks so all my...
Eight Pandemic Learnings
Here’s what I’ve learned about handling a Pandemic from a Leadership perspective.  (Presidents / Prime Ministers to...
So Happy It Hurts
The world is re-opening. Live music is back.  Time to ‘Kick Ass’ as Canadian rocker Bryan Adams...
Covid Good News – Drink Red Wine
That glass of Bordeaux/Burgundy you’re drinking with dinner is reducing your chances of contacting Covid-19 by 17%....
FOCUS. COMMITMENT. DISCIPLINE.
As the world re-opens, we’re all facing multiple priorities – some of them important, most of them...
Another reminder to live your best life...
Warnie suffered a massive heart attack and passed last week.  My favourite cricketer of all time.  An...
Fun in the Sun
Have been in Barcelona all week working with ISDIN – Spain’s number one sunscreen/skincare company.  An inspirational...
Let Freedom Ring (I)
In one of my favourite cities – Barcelona, in one of my favourite hotels (Arts Hotel), in...
Inga The Winga
My friend Inga passed away last week.  A great rugby player.  A great man.  A great father. ...
Goodbye to The Rocket Man
Tuesday 23rd February.  At Madison Square Garden, Elton’s favourite venue, in his favourite city, in his favourite...
Not Yet
From my friend Peter Corijn / Paul Numi. === I wrote this song - "Not Yet" -...
After change upon change, We are more...
Once a year, for the past five years, I watch Joan Baez’s 75th birthday celebration concert –...
Don’t Let The Old Man In
Robin sent me a link to a conversation with Stewart Brand, 83 years young and still Curious....
Happiness Runs
“Happiness runs in a circular motion,Thought is like a little boat upon the sea,Everybody is a part...
WOOP
A simple framework for Dream – Realisation developed 20 years ago by Gabriele Oettingen.  We use it...
The Cosmic Dancer (II)
John Roedel It’s All About Time. forgive like a cometis about to hit hug like the hourglassis...
The Bay
My sister Trish and I both lived in Lancaster until our late teens.  We spent a lot...
The Cosmic Dancer (I)
During Jake Millar’s uplifting and intimate memorial (KRC, November 29th) in Christchurch last week, part of a...
Foodie Friday – Around the World in...
Since we still can’t re-enter the world because of ludicrous isolation / quarantine protocols / restrictions for...
The Last Duel
December 1396, Normandy France.  Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) fight France’s...
The Last of the Rock Stars (3)
Mr Loaf died on Thursday.  He was two years older than me – but had lived 20...
Keeping it in the Family
Here’s a post from my eldest son about my youngest son’s new venture.  Good on y’a both....
The Last of the Rock Stars (2)
Brian Wilson said his favourite rock song was The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” – produced by Phil...
The Fist
A few days ago I posted a blog from Denis O’Reilly on his New Zealand Black Power...
What’s so Funny about Peace, Love and...
Six years ago Denis O’Reilly – one of Black Power’s four surviving OG’s (Original Gangstas) from 50...
Happy New Year
Kevin and Trudy
The Girls are Back in Town
Tonto’s is officially open.  On December 22 I posted a blog about the storytelling Outlaws I’d like...
Stand Up The Storytellers (II)
Like all of us, the overachieving, unfashionable NFL’s Cleveland Browns struggled to remain connected through the Pandemic. ...
Riders in the Sky
Listening to a Storyteller playlist I created a while back on an early Arizona morning today (and...
Not Only, But Also …
And there’s great entertainment being streamed on other platforms too.  I’ve just watched these: Bruce Springsteen –...
Wanderin’ in the West
I grew up wanting to be a Cowboy – but as Mike Harding said: “It’s hard being...
On The Road Again (II)
From Italy to Portugal – four days in Porto, the Douro and Lisbon.  One of our favourite...
Throwback Thursday – Stand Up The Storytellers
December 13, 2011 It was 10 years ago today.  I have been telling stories to the grandkids...
On The Road Again (I)
First overseas trip since March 15, 2020. Fully geared up with endless form-filling and Covid testing for...
Foodie Friday – A Hidden Gem in...
Visit the Wolf. Masterchef Adolfo Marisi has upped sticks from his NYC restaurant and settled in New...
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Jake Millar passed away in Kenya on Sunday. He was 26 years young. I’ve known him for...
Hail Netflix
I’m flying to London later this week to catch up with a dozen Netflix EMEA execs under...
Kāinga Pukapuka
On 29th November 2020, I wrote a post introducing Kāinga Pukapuka – the My Home Library project...
The Role of Business?
“To create shareholder value” – Jack Welch “To create and grow a customer” – Peter Drucker “To...
Revolution Starts With Language
As the world re-opens and we enter the New Abnormal, let’s junk the old, traditional titles and...
That Was The Year That Was
A birthday poem gift from Robin ... Live Life, Love Life (LXXI/LXXII) 2020 has come to this—...
Everybody’s Talking (II)
Last week I heard from quite a few folks who wanted to hear more about Listening. Here’s...
The Man Who Should Have Been President...
Almost one year ago to the day (November 1, 2020) I posted a tribute to one of...
Livin’ the Dream
Today’s my Birthday (and I’m lucky enough to be spending it with three of our grandchildren –...
Everybody’s Talking (I)
Seems like no-one’s really listening any more nowadays – but there are four kinds of Listener. We...
Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork
In the 60’s / early 70’s, I read everything that Richard Brautigan wrote.  Novels, short stories and...
Live Life, Love Life (IV)
And as a reminder, here are 10 tips from 64 Shots to help all of us make...
Live Life, Love Life (III)
Inspiring a team remotely has been challenging.  And it will continue to be part of our new...
Live Life, Love Life (II)
We’ve been at home for 18 months now.  We’ve learned some stuff, hated some stuff and loved...
Live Life, Love Life (I)
I posted on Monday a plea for us all to bring back some joy, some spring in...
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler
Live music is back in Arizona (as long as you can show proof of double vaccinations) and...
Foodie Friday – The French Riviera in...
We’ve added a new treat to life in Desert Dream. Francine is a brilliant Mediterranean restaurant owned...
No Time To Die
The new Bond movie finally hits theatres in a couple of weeks – with all kinds of...
My Favourite Mellow TV Soundtrack
Timeless French, Belgian, Italian, American, Classical tracks from times gone by. Comforting, emotional, poignant – from Randy...
Reasons To Be Cheerful (II)
Last week I wrote about using the crisis to get your head up, smile, fight back, re-imagine...
Reasons To Be Cheerful (I)
It’s been a challenging 18 months for all of us – and we’ve another few months to...
The Best Is Yet To Come
Robert Frost and Walt Whitman were early US poets introduced to me at Lancaster Grammar by my...
Foodie Friday – In Praise of Fabio...
We were in Washington DC last month and wanted to eat somewhere in Georgetown where we were...
Check In With Yourself
Some more great tips from my favourite student doctor – Zachery Dereniowski in Sydney (KR Connect, November...
Throwback Thursday – 64 Shots
Here’s another memory from four years ago.  64 Shots is at the core of my work today...
Butch, Sundance, His Bobness, Joanie and The...
Old mate Bob Latham – sports nut, World Rugby Board member, Chairman of World Rugby Regulations Committee,...
True Grit XI
5’ 6”, 115lbs and 36 years old.  Double Olympic Marathon Gold Medal Winner; world marathon record holder. ...
What Are You Watching?
First of all, thank you Adam (Armstrong), son of old LRGS school friend Nigel, close friend of...
Throwback Thursday – My All Time Top...
Following my recent post – No Surrender – here’s a post from four years ago which started...
Foodie Friday – Simply the Best
Tina Turner must have been thinking about Patrick O’Connell and his creation – The Inn at Little...
The Best Restaurant in the World
Our favourite restaurant, The Old Stamp House, has just been named the Best Restaurant in the World...
One Step Forward, One Step Back
15 months ago I introduced the notion of Survive, Revive, Thrive as a blueprint for the difficult...
The Big Apple
We’ve had a home in New York since the late 1990’s – well two actually.  First on...
No Surrender
31 months ago I saluted The Boss on Broadway (December 19, 2018) as he closed his 2½...
Mana Ake – 2070
Legendary leader, activist, inspiration and role model Denis O’Reilly is running a workshop (waananga) for 30 young...
The Art of Football
“When the opponent has the ball, Take it back as quickly as possible. When we have the...
Summertime and the Living is Easy
I’ve been working with the founding Family and top leadership of Portugal’s leading family-owned wine company Sogrape...
The Fab Five – 2021
Following Thursday’s Throwback Fab Five post, I’ve been asked for my current list of five things I...
Throwback Thursday – The Fab Five
In December 2015 I was asked by Paul McNally (artist/philosopher/designer) to name five of my favourite things...
The Time is Now
I’ve been talking a lot lately about moving between Survive, Revive and Thrive.  Greg Foran, CEO of...
Wishing and Hoping
Robin sent me this.  Watched it twice a day!  Still laughing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxm7Hu-IHJs KR
Throwback Thursday – Happiness Runs
December 23, 2014 Was this a precursor to Covid-19? === Just spent a pretty miserable few days...
1971
50 years ago, I left my North Country home Lancaster and headed south on my first great...
Doing The Right Thing
My eldest son Ben posted this on LinkedIn yesterday. === True leaders shine through in times of...
Foodie Friday – California Dreaming
A week by the Pacific.  JSX Airlines’ 30 seater from its own terminal at Phoenix – no...
Throwback Thursday – Tougher Than the Rest
February 11, 2015 Reminders for all of us as we move from Survive to Revive and Thrive....
True Grit X
GROWTH • RESILIENCE • INSTINCT • TENACITY I’ve been writing about Grit for over a decade now...
PurposeFused
Here’s a note from US Rugby International, coach and good bloke – Mark Griffin. === On Monday...
Focus • Commitment • Discipline
I’ve long believed in this particular Power of Three.  The whole idea of multi-tasking is anathema to...
Foodie Friday – from Lake Austin, Texas...
My daughter Vanessa and I had the most wonderful time reconnecting after a long year apart.  Deciding...
10 Timeless Peak Performance Reminders
And here are another 10 foundational tips for leaders everywhere. Build your life around The Four Agreements.Fail...
Top 10 Tips for 2021
Here are 10 tips for leaders to focus on over the balance of the year. Never Stop...
Getting Fired and Connecting with Clients
Paul was fired – by himself and others (starting like me, with his Headmaster) at least four...
God is in the House
Jesus looked across the table and asked "so where have you been for the last few months?"....
In Praise of the Free-Thinking Ones
We’ve saluted Jobs’ The Crazy Ones (December 6, 2020) and Kerouac’s The Mad Ones (April 21, 2021). ...
Foodie Friday – Paris in Scottsdale
Early dinner on the pavement – sun shining, mask-free in the open air, our second time at...
Apocalypse Now
A good friend of mine, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, left Fremantle to run YouTube Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Which Are You?
More in Common, a British think-tank, recently identified seven types of citizen.  I saw myself there.  (Which...
Foodie Fridays Are Back
Now that the world is beginning to re-open I think it’s time to revive Foodie Fridays –...
In Praise of the Mad Ones
Steve Jobs praised The Crazy Ones.  Jack Kerouac praised The Mad Ones. Catherina O’Gorman, Founder of Think...
Welcome Back
The blog has been down for a couple of weeks because of technical issues.  Our apologies for...
Don’t Waste the Crisis
Caribbean Campari/Aperol mate, outstanding Leadership thinker and all round good guy – Alan Berson, sent me these...
What Are You Watching II
As the fightback continues and the world begins to believe in the scientific miracle we are experiencing,...
Pump Up Your Own Productivity
Performance Expert Steven Kotler’s new book “The Art of Impossible” is on my reading list.  60’s classics...
Hit Play on Kindness, Respect and Generosity
I’ve been a fan/subscriber to Tyler Brûlé’s magazines for 20 years or so (Wallpaper, Monocle and his...
What Have You Been Watching?
I’ve loved Zero Zero Zero on Amazon Prime.  If you liked Gomorrah (I loved it), you’ll like this.  Roberto...
Don’t Worry – Be Happy
Wherever you’re living, the worst is now behind us.  The vaccines work.  Science has stood up and delivered, and...
Doing It Tough?
It’s tough times alright.  For all of us. Everyone has a story.  Their story.  Take a look at how All...
Astronaut. Artist. Earthling.
Earlier this month I spoke to Sogrape’s US Wine Team about ‘Shaping The Future’.  Nicole Stott also spoke.  What...
Fail Fast. Learn Fast. Fix Fast.
The battle against Covid continues – and will continue throughout 2021 as science keeps reacting to the...
What the All Blacks can teach us...
Eight years ago I spent several hours with James Kerr who was researching a breakthrough book on...
Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier (II)
I posted a blog on Blackstone’s Surprisingly Positive Predictions for 2021 on 28th January, and here are some...
Foodie Friday – Masterchef Part II
The response to December 17’s Budding Masterchef post was very positive.  Lots of support, encouragement and recipe requests....
The Middle
Superbowl for 30 years or more was all about the ads for me in my previous life.  This...
Wisdom from Snoopy and The Gang
I’ve been a Peanuts fan – and believer – as long as I can remember.  I have a...
A Salute to Captain Tom
The National Health Service Thanks Captain Tom— with appreciation to David Bowie NHS to Captain TomNHS to...
The Importance of Sleep
I’ve talked about sleep a few times in the past and posted comments around it on March...
Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier (I)
So Colin Powell told me in the Green Room at a WOBI conference in Milan a while...
The Capture
The Capture aired in 2019 in the UK and was launched on iTunes internationally two months ago....
What’s so Funny ‘bout Peace, Love and...
As I walk throughthis wicked worldsearching for light in the darkness of insanityI ask myselfIs all hope...
What a Crazy World
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the Future.” (Yogi Berra) Nine months ago, who would have...
Throwback Thursday – Never Out of the...
On July 2nd 2019 I posted a blog bemoaning weak, unprincipled political leadership in the US and the...
ARSÈNE LUPIN LIVES!
Eldest son Ben tipped me off to this year’s first international sleeper on Netflix – a tongue-in-cheek...
For all you Crazy Ones and Misfits...
On December 6 I revisited Celebrating the Crazy Ones. Here’s a song from good mate Paul Numi’s...
Colin Bell: 1946 – 2021
My childhood hero, and adult friend, passed away a couple of hours ago – non-Covid related. He...
Start the Year with a Smile
The spirit of my youth. The real Beatles. The antidote to the dreadful Let It Be 1970...
Time Person of the Year
This tradition began in 1927 – with aviation hero Charles Lindbergh gracing the cover of Time Magazine.  The...
Happy New Year
64 Reasons to Celebrate Paul McCartney
Richard Eccles, music nut, mate and former editor of Cumbria Life magazine sent me this fascinating essay...
Christmas in Grasmere
I was born in Lancaster – and lived there until I was 18.  Now we have a home...
Christmas Greetings from Arizona
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here’s to the Best Year Yet! See you next year!!...
Foodie Friday – Our Own Budding Masterchef
We’ve been isolating and keeping our heads down in Arizona since March 18. Up until this year...
60 Years, 600 Songs, $300 million –...
Last week, Universal Music Publishing Group paid His Bobness $300 million for the 600 song copyrights from...
It’s Getting Better All The Time
First vaccine in the US today.  Rolling out as we speak to front-line healthcare workers and care homes....
Throwback Thursday – Story Time – 13...
As we get ready to farewell 2020, I looked back to my blog 13 years ago and...
Here’s to The Crazy Ones
Spencer Hannah, co-Founder of Herdy, just sent me a clip of Steve Jobs debuting my favourite ad...
Working for the Master
The biggest influence in my Leadership thinking remains the legendary Peter Drucker. I’ve been lucky enough to...
Kāinga Pukapuka – My Home Library project
Young people who read will have greater resilience, empathy and educational achievement.  The Kāinga Pukapuka - My Home Library project gives children...
Today’s ‘What Counts’ Factors in Rugby
Legendary Coach Brian Ashton and I were on a Zoom call a couple of weeks ago with...
You’ve Got To Laugh
The lighter side of life in lockdown from Alan Berson / Gary Edens. Hard to believe 2020...
Active Ageing
Robin sent me a great article last week by The Atlantic / New York Times columnist David...
Feeding the Wolf
Son-in-law Mark Rolland just sent me this story.  He has adopted it as a personal Belief in...
Autumn in Arizona / Friends and Memories
After 150 consecutive days of sunshine, autumn is drawing quietly in – the sun is rising later,...
Some Tips on Caring Leadership
As we enter the ‘Second Half’ of the Covid challenge, statistics suggest that 40% of adults are...
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Ignore the political side of the ex UK Prime Minister – what follows is a common sense,...
The man who should have been President
Last week I wrote about a speech I made to the World Business Forum in Milan in...
El Loco
Am reading The Quality of Madness – A Life of Marcelo Bielsa by Tim Rich. “Everyone with...
Feeding the Wolf
Son-in-law Mark Rolland just sent me this story.  He has adopted it as a personal Belief in...
In Praise of Spotify
14 years young, Spotify has bypassed all the other music streaming services for me and is now...
In Vino Veritas
How’s your cellaring going during this sustained time at home?  How’s your wine consumption?  Both mine are...
Ghosts
I’m Alive and I’m Coming Home. We’ll all be listening and singing this Live next year. Because...
Throwback Thursday – Loving it in Italy
Six months without leaving Arizona.  Six months without visiting Italy.  Six months without face-to-face fun with friends,...
It helps to pass the time (2)
Six months ago we were just settling into a life of semi-isolation / lockdown / social distancing...
Iron Man comes to The Lakes
Nicky Gray sent me this (https://www.theguardian.com/jet-suit-paramedic-takes-lake-district-test-flight) – an emergency jet suit paramedic defying gravity, zipping across the Langdale...
OODA
Last week I spent an hour with OODA CEO Matt Devost – an engaging, upbeat and passionate...
Ageing – Part VI – Don’t Let...
The great Roger Angell (The Summer Game) wrote a beautiful essay on Ageing when he was 93...
Desert Dreaming – Day 180
I arrived on March 15 from the UK, Trudy two days later from New Jersey. We decided...
Throwback Thursday – Don’t be a Polar...
Two years and more ago (June 19 2018) I posted a Viva La Difference blog of a...
Old Rockers Grow Stronger Each Day
An old Procter & Gamble friend of mine – and proud Belgian – Peter Corijn has developed...
The Colours of the Desert
We have a touch of the local exotics every day during our Covid-19 isolation in Carefree, Arizona. ...
Who can resist a list? Part V.
10 Ways to Lead and Inspire a Remote Team. Check in on how people are feeling.Remind the...
Who can resist a list? Part IV.
10 Ways to re-invent the office. Keep off your screen – that’s what remote work time is...
A Tribute to Macca
Photo credit - GQ Magazine There’s a great interview with the UK’s greatest living rock-star/musician /songwriter/Beatle/icon Paul...
Who can resist a list? Part III.
10 Ways to make working remotely Fun (and Effective). Make sure you have great tech and great...
Who can resist a list? Part II.
10 Ways for you and your teams to get Match-Fit. Start with You.Live Life Slow (Exercise all...
The Game They Play in Heaven (reimagined...
When I was on the Board of the New Zealand Rugby Union in the 90’s, I was...
Travels with Trudy – and some of...
Reading travel magazines allows my imagination to wander to places I have been or would like to...
Who can resist a list? Part I.
10 Learnings from March 15 to August 15. Forget the new normal.  Welcome to the New Abnormal.There...
Taylor Swift in The Lakes
Two weeks ago Taylor Swift dropped her new album Folklore on the world – and what an...
Throwback Thursday – The Lone Ranger’s Creed
I posted this twice – on January 1 2013 and February 6 2018.  At that time I...
The Penalty of Leadership
Setting Standards – something alarmingly missing from the US and UK Governments today.  Our (so-called) political leaders...
We Shall Overcome
I was a teenager in the 60’s – impressionable, rebellious, principled, anti-war, anti-big-government, pro peace, pro freedom,...
It’s Good News Week
Humans are hard-wired to notice threats, weakness and fear.  Negative news and emotions are contagious – they...
Ageing – (Part V)
From Gary Edens via Alan Berson (author unknown) – with a nod to my good friends, guides...
Fly With The Angels
About a month ago (June 16) I posted some musings on where work was headed from author,...
Willie’s 70th Album
Willie’s 70th (yes, 70th!!) solo studio album – including my favourite (by Toby Keith) Don’t Let the...
Clap, Clap, Clap for Two Health Leaders
With kids living in the US, UK, New Zealand and Singapore and friends scattered to the winds...
Happy Days
Man City 2021/22 European ban lifted. Today the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) lifted the two-season...
Throwback Thursday
On March 22 2019, I wrote about Happiness.  I was travelling the world.  A gypsy flâneur. On...
100 Places for Kids to Tour –...
From Kendall’s favourite Hershey Park to Wet ‘n Wild for Tilly Plum on the Gold Coast, to...
Rough and Rowdy Ways (II)
Bob Dylan's 39th album makes UK chart history. Bob Dylan has become the oldest artist to reach...
If You’re Going Through Hell …
Pressure is a privilege – it means you’re striving to lift your game, to take responsibility, to...
Desert Viewing
Response to Trudy’s debut blog was overwhelmingly positive with lots of feedback.  I’ve persuaded her to keep...
Got To Try And Stay Positive
Here’s a positive blog from Spencer – half of the dynamic husband and wife team that created...
The Hero’s Journey
Unfiltered’s Master of all Trades and all round good guy, James Rangihika was briefing Jake Millar and...
Times Like These
Times like these Make me wanna get down on my knees Pray to heaven someone help us,...
A Rough and Rowdy Red-Letter Day
Bob Dylan’s first album of original songs in a decade – the 79 year old singer/songwriter (and...
The Future of Work
A few months back Trudy and I bumped into an upbeat couple of Americans in a Caribbean...
Work’s Going Forward (not back!) to Work...
Read a great article by Janice Turner in The Times on Saturday – some key out-takes from...
A special invite for fans of John...
My five favourite male singer/songwriters are The Boss, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Prine and Robert Earl...
50 Years of Elite Coaching – in...
When I was a teenager at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, I was a mad keen cricketer, athlete...
Wear Sunscreen
A great guy, leader and friend, Frederico Almeida, CEO of Fremantle Portugal, has had his share of...
It’s Good News Week
New Zealand eradicates Coronavirus.  New Zealand now has zero active cases (300,000 tests carried out, 1,504 people...
Desert Reading – Trudy’s First Guest Blog
Living life slow nowadays includes spending quiet time catching up on books.  Here are four books I’ve...
MLK / BLM – Dream On
Robin Dyke updated his MLK poem in light of recent developments.  Here is its first public airing....
Taking a break, reading
· Emily Nemens is the Editor of The Paris Review.  She just published her first novel, dedicated...
Peace and Love
Not Twitter, golf, cable TV or the bunker, Mr President. KR
America’s Burning
Minneapolis, Washington, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta and many other US cities are in turmoil...
It’s just where you go.
Escapism only – not in the mood for serious business/politics/history stuff?  Here’s what I’m reading: Non-Fiction: ·      ...
Y N W A
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Head – Chris Pyne – reminded me yesterday: “We are all in the...
The Last Dance
One of the teams we wrote about in our Peak Performance book in 2000 was the Chicago...
Unfiltered Livestream with JK
In these tough times, here’s an amazingly frank conversation between All Blacks legend Sir John Kirwan and...
WOBI – Reconnecting People
I’ve been speaking at WOBI conferences for almost two decades now.  Here’s a two-minute quickie Trudy recorded...
True Grit
Unfiltered’s Founder/CEO Jake Millar sent me some thoughts on character from Peterson and Seligman’s Character Strengths and...
Save Lives
Veteran Scottish presenter and comedian Grant Stott’s rendition of “That’s Fife!” to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s...
From Skype to Zoom and Back
We are running our businesses, jobs, companies, families and friends on screen now.  My iPad is jammed...
The Poetry Exchange
I’ve been participating in this project for a couple of weeks now – sending/receiving poems via a...
Unfiltered Livestream
Unfiltered has just launched their regular Livestreams – a series of interviews between Jake with a range...
Last year a foolish monk. This year,...
Quotes from a NY Times interview with clinical psychologist Jack Kornfield. “Epidemics are a part of the...
Ten Indian Commandments: A Covid-19 Playbook
Ten years ago I was in Andy and Chris’ The Jumble Room in Grasmere dining with Trudy...
GRIEF
Robin sent me a great article from the Harvard Business Review by Scott Berinato on the anxiety/fear...
SLEEP
Here are 12 tips on how to get a good night’s sleep, thanks to the team at...
Wallow, Be Kind and Keep Safe
Point 10) Have a ‘timed wallow’.  No good ever comes from ruminating or wallowing in misery and...
Survive. Revive. Thrive.
Henry Kissinger recently wrote that the challenge for all leaders today was ‘To Manage the Crisis while...
Tune In, (Turn On), Drop Out.
Point 9) Give your brain a holiday from Coronavirus.  Avoid ‘rumination’ by giving your poor overly-busy wandering...
Be Kind
Point 8) Help yourself by helping others.  This takes the attention off ourselves and we all need...
Success Made To Last
I recently recorded an interview for Rick Tocquigny’s podcast – Success Made to Last. Rick has recorded...
Weed out the Cynics / Contrarians and...
Point 7) Find the right people to talk to.  (Yes, the ‘helping or harming’ test apples to...
Watch Your Media Diet
Point 6) Watch your media diet – keep using the “helping or harming” test.  Take a good...
Look After Your Eyes
I wrote earlier in my “Is This You?” blog about practicing ‘screen’ discipline – now that many...
Create Your Daily Routine
Point 4) Keep supportive daily routines or create new ones if you’re now holed up at home. ...
FOCUS. COMMITMENT. DISCIPLINE.
Point 5) Focus on what matters, and what you can control.  Concentrate all your attention and resources...
Ride ‘em Cowboy
If you want a break from all this isolation, get hold of Richard Prince’s epic new book...
Foodie Friday. A Take-Out to Remember.
Who would have thought we could run a Foodie Friday when we’re all in lockdown? But here...
Spreading Smiles and Happiness for Ewe and...
Some fun from The Lakes. https://www.herdy.co.uk/herdy-freebies/?utm_source=herdy_web_2020&utm_medium=slider_banner&utm_campaign=herdy_freebies KR
Is This You?
The Institute of Employment Studies released today a survey of people working from home amidst lockdown. ·       ...
Connect. Connect. Connect.
Point 3) Strong and supportive relationships are the number one predictor of wellbeing, across the lifespan.  Maintaining...
Back to Happiness Again
For a while now we’ve been spending time in our Peak Performance Leadership sessions on The Happiness...
The Singing Mailman
One of my heroes passed today – Covid-19 complications – the great singer/songwriter John Prine. As Bruce...
Go Kate
As I watch the US Presidential race come down to a couple of near octogenarians I’m heartened...
The Easter Bunny is an Essential Service
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to children asking about visits from the Easter Bunny...
Ten Positive Emotions
Ten positive emotions to consider and practice during these difficult times: ·       Love ·       Joy ·       Gratitude...
Murder Most Foul
Bob Dylan’s epic – out now – on YouTube, Spotify etc.  A 17 minute masterpiece I’ve been...
Dealing to Coronavirus
The New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & ResilienceTM is dedicated to increasing Wellbeing for communities and companies...
Living Life Slow
Trudy and I have been in semi-isolation in Carefree, Arizona  now for 14 days and we’ve been...
Confessions of a Marketer
Here’s an interview I did recently with Mark Reed-Edwards on his website – Confessions of a Marketer...
The Earth Began to Heal
Dawood Gustave, good man, good friend and Reluctantly Brave, sent this poem to me. Check out the...
Keeping in Touch
A great idea from a couple of old P&G friends – John and Jeannie O’Keeffe. Hi Friends...
Test Yourself
Robin sent me this https://www.pandemic-footprint.com/.  From Germany, via Vancouver Island. It’s worth doing – and worth sharing....
It helps to pass the time
As we settle in to an unfamiliar time of working from home, minimal social contact and isolation...
Covid-19 (part II)
Just watched the amazing Jojo Rabbit… starring the brilliant Kiwi filmmaker, actor, director, writer Taika Waititi.  What...
Ageing (part 3 or 4 … I...
Dinner last week at one of Chicago’s finest restaurants – Spiaggia – one Michelin star, modern Italian...
Foodie Friday – Brown Food is back
I’m up to here with avocado, pomegranates, kale, quinoa and all that politically correct Instagram whole food....
Coronavirus – Covid-19
We have decided to Keep Calm and Carry On. We’ll review our plans every week but right...
Dads. (For Ben, Dan, Mark and Heath.)
Robin just showed me 16 of his musings from Maui.  Not quite finished or just finished –...
Losing My Memory – Again
In October 2011 I lost my memory – for around 12 hours – had no idea where...
Framing John DeLorean
One of my heroes back in the day. With feet of clay. A telling story of the...
What Are You Watching?
Some TV/movies from the road. Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen.  I recommended the album a while back. ...
From the Mouse House to the All...
I read three books around Winning, Leadership, Values, Beliefs and Success over the Christmas break in our...
True Grit
I wrote this article for Cumbria Business three years ago.  It struck me as being even more...
Wisdom from Nicaragua
I met a smart young man last week in Grand Cayman.  A Nicaraguan – called Fred (really)!!! ...
Foodie Friday. A Nod to Blue.
Éric Ripert is one of the best seafood chefs on the planet.  His NYC flagship is a...
What, Me Worry?
A new study on international happiness found that people are most miserable at 47 years of age....
Let Happiness Flow – Colombia Style
A couple of months ago I met Sylvia Ramirez when we were speaking together at a WOBI...
Ageing (2) – For Robin
Never mind the joints that ache the bones more brittle than they were at twenty. The memory...
Getting From There to Here
A couple of verses from an ageing poet who wrote this 20 years ago sprung to mind...
Making Britain Great Again
I read a great article by Natalie Ceeney the other day, making the case that in the...
Sound Advice from Mr Hemingway
KR
Foodie Friday – Summer with Simon.
                                                                                      Photo Credit - Vanessa Lewis. I’ve been mates with Simon Gault since 1989 – when...
Leadership Lessons from the Mouse House
Here’s a list of Disney CEO Bob Iger’s leadership lessons from his new book – The Ride...
The Team of the Decade
By Joe Bernstein for The Mail on Sunday ·       After 34 years without a trophy, Manchester City...
Thanks Sparky …
Happy New Year. KR
Keep It Simple (from The Times)
Four Royal Marines have planned to row across the Pacific in 2020.  They asked Rowing great Matthew...
Danger. Danger.
What’s the most dangerous place over Christmas / New Year? An aeroplane.  Any aeroplane. How many of...
Foodie Friday – Nothing beats a good...
Back in The City of Light, catching up with old friends – couldn’t resist going back to...
Raise the Glorious Flags
On this critical Election Day in the UK, I was given this paragraph from Winston Churchill’s autobiography...
The Boys are Back in Town
Just out.  Scorsese has done it again.  He’s brought back the Big Three – De Niro, Pesci...
Foodie Friday – The man who brought...
I was at The Bazaar in South Beach, Miami last week, revelling in José Andrés’ Caviar Cones,...
Inspiring Business Brilliance
Three years ago I joined 21 year old Jake Millar’s journey to drive Faster Business Learning among...
Foodie Friday. The Home of Ceviche.
We are en route to Medellin to give a speech on Creativity and have stopped off in...
Thanks for the dance
Released today. A post-humous album of unreleased work, full of love, arranged by Leonard’s son Adam. A...
The Ride of a Lifetime
Jake Millar recommended Disney CEO Bob Iger’s new book “The Ride of a Lifetime”. A great example...
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN INNOVATION
Humans are changing the world. But the cost of our ingenuity is high. Check out Peter Gluckman...
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Finally got to watch Tarantino’s 9th movie on the Manchester – Singapore flight.  2 hours, 40 minutes...
Learnings from a Bookseller
James Daunt opened his first book shop, Daunt Books, in Marylebone, London in 1990 at just 26...
The 10 F’s.
Spent the last week or so in the North of England with 35 top Booths Buying Execs...
Foodie Friday – The Stars Come Out...
My home county of Cumbria in the UK now has more Michelin starred restaurants than any county...
The Power of Three
Today is a black day for New Zealand. The All Blacks were knocked out of the Rugby...
Foodie Friday – Wine Dinner in The...
A great dinner at Amanzoe, Porto Heli – where Executive Chef Dimitris Melemenis partnered with one of...
A Celebration of Friendship (Part IV)
Good friend and rugby comrade-in-arms Bob Latham of the great state of Texas just finished Robin’s 64...
Let’s hear it for Windermere!
I spend my time in the UK in Grasmere, one of the prettiest villages in the UK,...
Foodie Friday: Don’t blame the dog, Chris.
Caught up with old friends Chris and Gwenan Dee in Manchester (Chris now runs Harrods’ iconic Food...
A Childhood Dream Reignited – Honneur et...
When I was 30 I read a book by Simon Murray (see above).  I loved it.  It...
Making Happy Choices
The last three years have been amongst the happiest of my entire career.  After almost 50 years...
Foodie Friday: Probably the best Fish restaurant...
For over 100 years the Passedat family has been combining the art of hospitality and gastronomy on...
A Celebration of Friendship (Part III)
Eldest son Ben (Head of Talent for international media hot-shop Essence in Singapore) read Robin’s blog last...
Sporting Heaven
Saturday morning in a Manchester heatwave (somewhat of an oxymoron!!) in a great industrial apartment in Native’s...
What’s Next?
“I can well remember standing on top of Mount Everest having reached the top of the world...
The World’s Favourite Airline – Not!
A couple of weeks ago I was getting ready to leave Phoenix for Manchester (via London of...
A Celebration of Friendship (Part II)
To have a friend, you must be one. - The Lone Ranger A confessional from under the...
A Celebration of Friendship
As you know, side-kick and ex-Rugby team-mate Robin Dyke has just published his second book of poems,...
Throwback Thursday (from 19 December, 2013) –...
In our increasingly stressful, self-centred, Instagram world, one of the best and quickest antidotes to alleviate stress...
Passages
In 1977 I read a landmark book, Gail Sheehy’s Passages where she predicted and commented upon the...
Out Today!
Robin Dyke’s second book of poems – following his successful debut collection ‘Lasting, Leaving, Left’, here comes...
Life Needs More Sport
Saturday night in Auckland. 7.35pm: At Eden Park to watch the All Blacks bounce back and dismantle...
Foodie Friday – Eating at Pasture
Pasture was recently named Restaurant of the Year by Auckland’s Metro Magazine. And I agree with them....
See It. Say It. Fix It.
Alan Jones is an outspoken, brave, opinionated, creative Rugby loving Aussie – an all-round ‘big’ bloke who...
Foodie Friday – Wabi Sabi Pop-Up
On May 30 I recommended a trip to Wabi Sabi in Ambleside – and we were honoured...
Rolling Thunder Revue
1975-76 – Dylan, Baez, McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Ramblin’ Jack unplugged, unleashed and unbelievable. Scorsese’s brilliant Netflix movie...
A Red Letter Day
July 19 was a red letter day.  Series Three of my favourite Netflix show, La Casa de...
My Favourite Magazine Cover of 2019
Learnings from Lancaster
I’ve been working at Lancaster University’s Business School for 10 years now, alongside two inspirational MBA Programme...
Foodie Friday. Nothing Beats a Decadent Lunch...
I love eating dinners out – and I rarely lunch, but when I do, it’s with family...
The Deliberate Life
Hayden Wilson is a marketing consultant/copywriter/author based in Sydney (and a top bloke).  I recently recorded a...
That was the week that was.
Sunday: Acute tendonitis of right Achilles completes first month of six-month rehab.  Working reasonably well, ice, Voltaren...
Is Your Business Brave?
I’ve been working with a small crew of imaginative, transformational folks for a few years now and...
Are You Spartan?
Growing up in Lancaster, I was lucky enough to get into one of the great Northern schools,...
Fail Fast, Learn Fast, Fix Fast
Spoke at two great Unfiltered Live events in Auckland and Christchurch last week.  Great speakers, great format...
Foodie Friday. Hola Mexico City.
Back to one of my favourite venues – Mexico City – for my 9th or 10th gig...
Never Out of the Fight
As I despair at political leadership in the US and the UK (all parties!), I am inspired...
Foodie Friday – Fresh Fish from The...
Spent four great days in Montenegro at the magical Aman Sveti Stefan and The Regent in the...
I can never forget, but no matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or no...
Foodie Friday – (Not so) Guilty Pleasures
A survey was published in the UK last week rating the country’s favourite indigenous foods – healthy,...
At last. A Wellbeing Budget.
Chapeau Chapeau to Jacinda and her Wellbeing Budget (a world first).  Spending increasing substantially more on mental...
Foodie Friday
A few days ago, Trudy and I were sitting at the two-seater Kitchen Table – interacting with...
A Tour de Yorkshire
Almost 600 years ago England was embroiled in a 30 year civil war between the Red Rose...
Back on the Highway
June 14 sees the release of The Boss’ first studio album in five years.  Three tracks are...
Binge Viewing 2019
More trans-Atlantic flights, more Ipad entertainment courtesy of Netflix, Amazon Prime and iTunes.  Here are some of...
A Star is Born (II)
As Michelin would say, here’s a place that’s worth going out of your way for.  The thriving...
The Game They Play in Heaven (Part...
A couple of days ago I wrote about how many things in Rugby haven’t changed or have...
Playing Hooky
Am in NYC all week and I snuck off work to trek up to 92nd St and...
The Game They Play in Heaven (Part...
I’ve been writing a column for NZ Rugby World since its debut in April 1997 as NZ...
The Game They Play in Heaven (Part...
I’ve played rugby since I was 11 years old and loved it from the moment the Under...
Manchester City – FA Cup Winners!
Manchester City: 6 / Watford: 0
Throwback Thursday III (from 20 December 2012):...
One thing that has really stood out for me this year is how much people are getting...
A Star is Born (I)
Since I joined Wigan Athletics’ Board a month ago, we have played five matches – won three,...
Winning in The Fourth Revolution (Part III)
To recap, here are the skills the World Economic Forum believes are vital to succeed as our...
Campione, Campione, Olé Olé Olé
Back to back, English Premier League Titles. Fourth Premier League title in eight years.  98 points, 95...
Throwback Thursday II (from 21 December 2007):...
The Harvard Business Review is not the first place you’d go to for advice on telling stories,...
Winning in The Fourth Revolution (Part II)
Last week I laid out my view on the new, VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Accelerating) world in...
Throwback Thursday I (from 27 October, 2015):...
“I just need some peace and quiet,” says someone, somewhere in the world, probably every day or...
Winning in The Fourth Revolution (Part I)
In response to a few requests I’m going to outline the skills and competences I believe companies,...
Summer’s Coming
I wrote about the Summer of ’65 in my recent post in praise of Cher.  Two years...
Go the LATICS
I’ve spent a lifetime in Sports. As a player (Rugby, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Table-Tennis), a...
In Praise of Older Women (well, one...
I danced and sang along with Sonny and Cher’s ‘I Got You Babe’ at the Vale of...
As-Salaam-Alaikum
Prime Minister’s speech at the National Remembrance Service. Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister   E rau...
That Guy John Wareham
I’ve written about John in June 2017, in December 2014 and November 2011…… Obviously I hold him...
The Happiness Formula
In the Year of the Pig (“Happy as a pig in xxxx” springs to mind), I’m moving...
From eldest son Ben
In Darkness comes light. Through adversity comes strength. Through pain, comes change. The tragedy that New Zealand...
Christchurch 15 March 2019
BREXIT – An abject failure of Leadership
I’ve resisted the temptation to rant for so long. Too long. It’s David Cameron’s fault. He should...
Stand Up and Fight
Liverpool poet, member of The Scaffold, founder of The Mersey Sound, President of The Poetry Society, CBE...
Theodore Roosevelt
Son in law Mark Rolland (ex Saatchi & Saatchi, now Facebook) reminded me of this wonderful quote. ...
Gen Z
Gen Z’ers are coming of age – and they’re different.  Fluent digitally, socially aware and more cautious...
The Case for Optimism (Part IV)
One of Britain’s favourite poems … When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With...
Picking Your Captain
Clive Woodward won the 2003 Rugby World Cup with England – a team full of world class...
The Case for Optimism (Part III)
Seven facts from Hans Rosling’s book ‘Factfulness’. 1)   Fewer people live in poverty now than any other...
Learning from The Premier League (Part III)
Primum Non Nocere ✽ Manchester United just fired their manager (José Mourinho) and replaced him with an...
Step Change: How to Become a Creative...
Did you know that CEOs believe creativity is one of the most crucial skills leaders should have? Leaders...
Learning from The Premier League (Part II)
Ben Lyttleton has written a couple of books on Leadership Secrets from Football’s top thinkers and the...
Learning from The Premier League (Part I)
Watching soccer develop into the huge business it has become today has been fascinating. Off the field,...
2019 TV Bingeing
Starting the New Year with: Series 4 of The Bureau on iTunes – love the complex relationships,...
BUCKiT with Phil Keoghan
Television host, Emmy award winning Producer and Guest Speaker, Phil Keoghan has spent 30 years in television...
Unleash the Flâneur Within (Part II)
Here is my three-point starter kit for the 21st century flâneur: Plunge Into Chaos. Go where your...
Unleash the Flâneur Within (Part I).
“Yea I went with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering …”          The...
A Tale of Two Gunfights
1)         The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - October 26, 1881. Today we had planned to visit...
The Case For Optimism – Part II
Earlier this week I talked about The Case for Optimism.  Here are five ways to pump optimism...
The Case For Optimism – Part I
As I wrote on New Year’s Eve, world events test one’s capacity for positive thinking.  In every...
Goodbye 2018 – Our Best Year Yet
Yes – I know about Trump, Putin, Brexit, Man City slipping to third place, the All Blacks...
Springsteen on Broadway
Mr Born to Run – up close and personal. My Hero.  My Age.  My Height. If I...
Hear Me This Day
Raheem Sterling was subjected to racist abuse from a Chelsea fan at Stamford Bridge last weekend.  Sterling...
For Robin
Sam Hunt is one of my favourite New Zealand poets/performers (close friend Brian Sweeney used to be...
What’s Going On?
I was asked a few questions last week by a group of leaders from Lancaster Royal Grammar...
In Praise of the iGeneration
I just spent a great morning with a dozen or so Y2K kids in Muscat, Oman –...
Latest Lovemarks
I wrote Lovemarks, The Future Beyond Brands – in 2005 and The Lovemarks Effect a year later...
Forever Young
Three recent experiences that made me feel young again. 1)   October 20th.  I celebrated my birthday with...
Change.
The All Blacks are constantly searching for ways to improve, to keep winning, and to stay ahead...
Binge Viewing
Have been flying all over the place recently (including Europe / Africa / Middle East – Tunis...
We are Winning the War.
With all the moaning and angst in the media around Trump, Brexit, Party Conferences, Khashoggi – it’s...
Aloha from Honolulu
I’ve always enjoyed Hawaii – the Aloha Spirit of Love, the fusion of Native, Japanese and American...
High Altitude.
I went into the Flux Animation Studio to shoot a free form interview with New Zealand recruitment...
Focus. Commitment. Discipline. (Part Two)
Last week we were lucky enough to join the beautiful wedding celebration of two friends – JD...
Old Masters
Am listening to two Old Masters today in Grasmere at the dog end of a great Summer. ...
Focus. Commitment. Discipline.
I’ve written frequently about the Power of Three and man’s predilection for thinking in threes.  Three’s fit...
Ritz Carlton – Probably the best customer...
In Singapore for the weekend.  Granddaughters Stella and Chloe staying at The Ritz Carlton with us.  We...
Divine Decadence
Arrived at The Ritz Carlton Singapore to be greeted with this extraordinary treat.  Two packets of crisps...
Step Change: How to Achieve Growth Through...
This is the fourth video of this five-part blog series with Step Change. Here I share what...
A Winter Weekend in Auckland
Friday August 24th. Dinner in the French Kitchen, the private haven at New Zealand’s best restaurant, The...
Fail Fast. Learn Fast. Fix Fast.
I’ve lived by this belief for many years.  It’s all about keeping going, moving on, eliminating fear,...
Inside The Centurions.
Well it’s out.  All Or Nothing.  Manchester City.  Eight episodes on Amazon Prime.  Behind the scenes on...
One for the Bucket List, Robin.
Last week I spent three days in the Napa Valley – US Wine Country – and sensibly...
Bird in Santa Monica
I was recently holed up for the weekend in Santa Monica in between sessions with Fremantle leaders...
A Very English Scandal
Two political scandals changed the face of Britain in the 60’s / 70’s.  The Profumo Scandal, where...
Homeward Bound
The Manchester Arena a couple of weeks ago – jam packed with couples, friends, lovers – from...
Step Change: How to Achieve Peak Performance...
To become a peak-performing organisation, you need to find a way to get rid of the noise...
Step Change – Identify Your Customer’s Pain...
In this second part of this five-part video blog series with Step Change, I was asked to...
Step Change – Creativity and Innovation.
A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the team at Step Change, a...
Throwback thoughts from November 2004.
On average a four-year-old child asks 437 questions a day. Napoleon made his battle plans in a...
The Art of Branded Entertainment.
I’ve been working with FremantleMedia’s brilliant leadership team for over a decade now as they’ve created and...
The Store is Not Dead.
Am back in NYC for a couple of weeks in my stomping ground for the past 15...
Making New Zealand a Better Place.
For some years I have been arguing that the long-held belief that the role of Business was...
Phil Rigby – A Legend.
I’ve collected photos since the 60’s – my homes are full of them – heroes / icons...
All or Nothing
Out now.  The first ever behind the scenes deep probe into the All Blacks – unfiltered and...
Viva La Difference.
Last month Mark Smith, Vice Chancellor of Lancaster University invited me to speak to his (very!) heavy...
Bring Back Bob.
In January last year I wrote about the new President: “Trump will be unpredictable, surprising, perplexing, dangerous, brutish, but...
It is not the Mountain We Conquer,...
Almost 20 years ago I got to meet and then spend several Saturday mornings with one of...
Happiness Runs.
Richard Nicholls has just published ’15 Minutes to Happiness’, a book that outlines simple exercises to reduce...
It’s Good News Week.
Two of my favourite projects, Blackpool Museum and Lake District Tourism have just received £7.3 million from...
12 Records in One Season.
For those of us who were there (1.8 million over the season), we may never see the...
A Modest Proposal – Part Two.
John Wareham worked with Kenny Johnson – career criminal, career inmate.  Until he met John at Rikers...
Finding Leonard.
On September 27 1960, Leonard Cohen bought a house in Hydra for $1,500 using a bequest from...
Inspiration from The Past (Part II).
On Happiness: Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human...
Inspiration from The Past (Part I).
Am writing this from Porto Heli in the Peloponnese, listening to Leonard Cohen (more on that next...
A Modest Proposal.
John Wareham is a renaissance man.  An author, a psychologist, a thinker, a doer, an innovator.  I’ve...
What Employees Really Want
Three Facebook leaders, Lori Goler, Janelle Gale and Brynn Harrington (together with Wharton Professor Adam Grant) just...
Premier League Champions!
KR
The Power of Three
As visitors to this parish are aware, I’m a big believer in The Power of Three.  And...
Business Heroes
The five Directors of Unfiltered answered seven questions last week on their business influences.  Taking a leaf...
The Mindful Manager
I’ve worked on the MBA programme at Lancaster University for five/six years now (Lancaster is The Sunday...
How to win in Business. Fast.
If you’re in New Zealand on May 22nd, check this out. The biggest business event of the...
Legacy in the Making
I worked with a very smart guy at Team One in Los Angeles for over 15 years. ...
Little Things That Matter.
I love a list as you know.  Came across this a few weeks ago – can’t remember...
Red Heads and Blue Heads.
About a year ago I wrote in praise of James Kerr’s book Legacy.  And just last week...
XV All Blacks Values
  I’ve watched and admired the All Blacks for 40 years now – and sat on the...
Pep Guardiola and Steve Hansen – Separated...
I wrote this article for NZ Rugby World’s February/March edition – and I think it’s a great...
Aviate. Navigate. Communicate.
Last week I wrote about the Power of Three.  Edwin Booth, Chairman and CEO of Booths Grocers,...
The Business Book that changed me
A few days ago I published a piece on Tom Peters’ new book, The Excellence Dividend. In...
The Excellence Dividend
Tom Peters just sent me a proof of his latest book, The Excellence Dividend, which will be...
Multicultural Television
It’s great to see foreign language dramas getting an airing via Netflix and iTunes.  Different countries have...
The Power of Three
The Power of Three I recently wrote an article in Cumbria Business on The Power of Three. ...
Good News for Western Fans
A few days ago I wrote about Clayton Moore’s Lone Ranger (and I even enjoyed the much...
The Lone Ranger’s Creed
I grew up in Lancaster listening to Radio Caroline’s pirate DJ’s bringing the 60’s to life via...
From WeWork to WeGrow
Founding partner and Chief Brand Officer of WeWork, wife of Adam and mother of five young children...
Serving Generation We
One of my favourite companies is WeWork.  Founded seven years ago by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey...
Leonard Cohen at Home
I spent a wonderful three days with Ludia, a brilliant video game outfit, in one of my...
What Makes Must Watch TV
I was talking to some of FremantleMedia’s drama leaders and doing some reading / thinking about what...
Must Watch TV in 2018
Here’s what I’ll be bingeing on this year. Old Favourites / New Series: Madame Secretary Chicago PD...
Two Thumbs Up
Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year Facebook post outlined his personal commitment to ‘fix’ how Facebook handles hate abuse...
A New Year – a new set...
As you know I love a list – and in the time honoured tradition I’ve made my...
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5 Positives
Another list. 1. Attraction: New York tops the list of the most Instagrammed cities of 2017. There’s still no place...
Ace-of-cards
52 The Deck of Cards
Here’s some numbers for the Season. I heard this narrated by Wink Martindale, U.S. DJ and radio show...
47-Friends
47 Friends
In the introduction to 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World, I riffed on the meaning of 64....
GeneralMills
Making food people love
General Mills is an iconic American company that makes food loved by people throughout the nation -...
64 Shots
64 Shots: “Nuggets of wisdom and inspiration”
It’s list time of the year, and it’s nice to be at the top of one. Matt Devost is a...
A Shopping List
What goes on in newsrooms these days? There is serious journalism – The Washington Post and The...
At-Kearney
AT Kearney Weighs in on 2018
My friends at AT Kearney have called their VUCA world shots on 2018. “In today’s increasingly volatile world,...
Manchester City
My Team
The Financial Times have just published an extensive mumbo-jumbo piece on my team Manchester City, “the ‘Disneyfication’ of football.” It...
Bruce-Springsteen-Thunder-Road-KRC
Flashback Friday: Desert Island Discs: My All...
DECEMBER 6, 2007 Thanks to Steve Jobs, we no longer have to concern ourselves with taking 10...
Google-X
The Crazy Idea Process
Physicist Isador Isaac Rabi, who won the Nobel Prize is said to have said: “My mother made...
Maxell-Chair-Man
The Power of Music
I love music. Music can offer an escape, can drum up memories from the past and can...
Kevin-Roberts
Manchester Masterclass
Manchester is Britain's great second city. It is to London what Chicago is to New York. It's...
hybrid
Tense Combinations
In the dictionary the word hybrid means “a thing made by combining two different elements.” And a...
My-Food-Bag-KRC
Supreme Win for My Food Bag
It was a big night in Auckland when My Food Bag took out the Supreme Award for...
EHF-KRC
Magic in the Room
Here’s a piece from The Atlantic that iterates on ideas in my post on the value of face time. The issue: how...
Why-Bob-Dylan-Matters
Diving Into Dylanology
He’s America’s greatest shape shifter; his lyrics are both timeless and endlessly poetic. And he has won...
What-Makes-Us-Happy
It’s Thanksgiving: How to Live a Happy...
Happiness has been written about extensively. Scientists have studied the elusive feeling to find out what makes...
David-Petraeus
Freakin’ Friday: It’s A VUCA World Alright!
FIRST PUBLISHED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 In my sole but seminal encounter with the Pentagon when they...
This-Space-KRC
Off to Work, with a Smile
Continuing the recent theme of feel good, work better, here is a great Cumbrian reframe concept around property...
Lancaster-Royal-Grammar-School
It’s Only Taken 782 Years
Many years ago I was booted out of Lancaster Royal Grammar School, a top all boys school...
Francis-Ford-Coppola
Flashback Friday: Meeting Francis Ford Coppola
Published 10 years ago on KR Connect.. I spent last week in Latin America. I was in...
Manchester-City-Tunnel-Club
Is it City?
I’ve been a Manchester City fan for over 50 years, starting in the great days of the...
Kevin-Roberts-at-American-University-Dubai
Visiting the American University in Dubai
My affection for the people of the Middle East goes back to the mid 1970s when I...
Net-a-Porter
Feel Good, Work Better
What do cinemas, nail bars, giant bunnies, gyms, Segways, castles, wellness centres, fireman poles, yoga studios, pizza...
Workplace-personalities
People Pointers
“There’s nought as queer as folk,’ is an old phrase from where I hail in the North...
Gordon Downie
What Leaders Do
My second post about Canada this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke for the nation of Canada which he...
Victoria-Inner-Harbour
Victoria Canada – Ever Edging Towards Lovability
My friend Robin Dyke, poet, mentor and change agent, ran his west coast Canadian hometown through the...
Lee-Hazlewood
Flashback Friday: Lee Hazlewood: These Boots Were...
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007 I bought a bizarre CD six months ago called Cake or Death. It was...
TVSeries
Compelling TV Series to Watch
Am flying between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, so lots of airplane time – time for...
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Lovemark Cities
It’s an interesting fact that the cities ranked most liveable are not always the cities that are...
9BasicHumanNeeds
Schools and the “Creativity Crisis”
Creativity and the role it takes in schools’ curriculums is a topic that divides many, suprisingly. When...
Lancaster University
Lancaster University Leading
More eagerly awaited than Blackwell’s Best Dressed List, The Times and Sunday Times UK Good University Guide league table...
Bill-English-and-Winston-Peters
A Winning Performance, Sort Of
Congratulations Prime Minister Bill English and the National Party on winning the popular vote on Saturday’s New...
Glory
Throwback Thursday: Marketing Wisdom from the 18th...
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 The accelerating trend to consumer control won’t be a big surprise to most...
TheCrownJulianBroad
Winston Churchill: Crazy Times
John Lithgow's Emmy acceptance speech tonight: “First and foremost, I want to thank Winston Churchill. In these...
AbsVsBoks
57-0
All Blacks 57, South Africa 0. Oi. Ugh. A few months ago I posted "World Domination: Why...
LifeLessonsPodcast
Life Lessons Radio Podcast
Rick Tocquigny and I were are P&G at the same time in the late 70s and early...
Breach
Throwback Thursday: Business Tips From the Movies:...
KRConnect has been running for 10 years now - 2104 posts - so I can now run...
KrShows
Golden Age – Drama on Television
In today’s Golden Age of TV Dramas, here’s what I’ve been watching in 2017. The Bureau –...
KrEntourageAcademcy
Entourage Academy Podcast
A couple of months ago I had a lively and intense conversation with Secret Entourage founder Pejman Ghadimi about marketing and...
KR Unfiltered
Unfiltered Conference: Team, Culture & Diversity
Unfiltered, the business education video disrupter founded by Jake Millar and which I chair, staged an astoundingly...
DavidDallas64Bars
64 Bars
A year ago I published 64 Shots (Leadership in a Crazy World). New Zealand rapper David Dallas is doing 64 Bars. Dreamed...
Virgil’s Aeneid Sketch
The Gods Make Bored First Those Whom...
When I was studying Virgil’s Aeneid at school I came across a line I will never forget – “The...
Air New Zealand
In Praise of Air NZ
Air New Zealand is – alongside My Food Bag - New Zealand’s premier company. They fly 16 million...
TellUsAStory
KR Podcast with Linda Coles “Tell Us...
Just posted, a 23 minute podcast with Linda Coles, foremost NZ Linkedin influencer (530k followers). We dive into Lovemarks and how they...
Saatchi & Saatchi
Name The First Advertising Agency That Comes...
Exactly. Chutzpah & Chutzpah is a history of Saatchi & Saatchi by Richard Myers, Simon Goode and Nick Darke...
Zentivity
Zentivity Calms Stress and Discontent in the...
My cobber in D.C. Leland Schwartz is always onto a good thing. He sent me a just-published...
Do you remember
Do You Remember?
When was the last time you memorized someone else’s phone number? Drove somewhere without Google Maps turned...
World Happiness Day
Happiness Without Borders
I‘ve blogged about happiness and personal wellbeing at length. In recent years happiness has gained ground all...
Education Matters
The Future of Learning
We are facing a crisis in education. Education simply hasn’t kept up. Teaching methods, teacher training, the...
When Lions Roared
When Lions Roared
The British & Irish Lions have left New Zealand with a drawn series. Humbug. The All Blacks...
SmartCities
Smart Cities for Wellbeing
Technology, data and sensors – the architecture of the Internet of Things – are raising the IQs...
Richie McCaw
Captains of Sporting History
Books about sporting greatness get my attention. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force behind the World’s Greatest Teams by...
Herdy
Hear it for Herdy
People in Cumbria have cheered at the awarding of the Lakes District the status of Unesco World...
Jargon
Mumbo Jumbo
I use my fair share of acronyms. ABC. ADE. VUCA. RLRJ. FF/LF/FF*. They are a useful shorthand...
Paradox
Gearing for Complexity
“The best managers are happy to hold two or more opposing views on an issue because they know the...
ATKearney - Adapting to Disruption
AT Kearney’s 2017 Views from the C-Suite
AT Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council has always been a happy landing pad for me. I’ve always...
EmiratesTeamNZ
The Ecstasy of Emirates Team New Zealand
Last Friday I opened Unfiltered's conference on Team, Culture and Diversity at the Auckland Museum with a presentation...
LionsTour
Breffni the Lions Fan
My mate from the Hawkes Bay Denis O'Reilly, social activist and essayist, is a great storyteller. Here is...
Stop Wasting Time
Stop Wasting Time
61% of working Americans say they don’t have enough time to do the things they want to do. Everyone...
Choices
Winding Up Wellbeing
I recently wrote about the importance of personal wellbeing in sustainable peak performance. We need to take care of...
Wellington
One for Wellington
I’m in Wellington New Zealand this week for two monster rugby games, the British and Irish Lions...
banana
Banana Rescue? Shoes That Grow? Why Didn’t...
Some ideas are staring us in the face, but it takes a sideways glance to remove their...
RotaryNewmarket
I’ve Been Asked to Make This Thanks...
This week I spoke at a lunch for Newmarket Rotary, a service organization in an established Auckland...
future technology
Full Speed Ahead
The impact of technology on modern living is mind-blowing. Tom Trezise, an expert in accelerating innovation in...
VinceLombardi
Leadership by Lombardi
Leadership is a mix of qualities, and a building of character. One thing I advise students of...
MikeHoskingNewstalkZB
Breakfast Interview with Mike Hosking
Yesterday I had the pleasure of  talking with NewstalkZB's Mike Hosking, New Zealand's #1 broadcaster, for a rapid-fire...
Samoa
“The Best Way to Prepare for a...
Ian Foster, assistant coach of the All Blacks, said something today which caught my eye ahead of...
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Tipping Talking Point
Artificial intelligence is many things: logical, useful, scary, efficient, marginalising, shocking, exciting, wonderful. An area where I...
Face Time vs working remotely
The Value of Face Time
About 25% of all US employees work remotely and according to a Gallup study the most engaged...
Lovemarks Kevin Roberts
A Short History of Paper
True innovation is irreplaceable. Innovation makes our life easier – it changes our worlds. Here are five...
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sergeant Pepper at 50
The Summer of Love, June 1967. 50 years ago. My daughter Nikki was born on June 24....
Denis O'Reilly and John Wareham
Wakatika Ora and the Tribe of Nga...
Putting the brakes on substance addiction is a hard, constant and worthy battle. Drug addiction rips the...
Automation vs Empathy
The Future of Work Is Philosophy
The future of work is a hot topic these days. Research here indicates almost half of U.S....
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Sing Your Heart Out
One of my eccentric friends has this infrequently-visited obsession to get companies to sing. It’s a twist...
Wont You Be My Neighbor
This Week in New Orleans and Manchester
Poet, friend, Robin Dyke writes:   Won’t You Be My Neighbor If wishes were helpers, how we’d...
Manchester, Mark Nelson
Manchester
“The bloody scene is bloody sad. The bloody news is bloody bad.” Manchester poet John Cooper Clarke...
A Black Day
A Black Day
A black day for Manchester. And for Humanity.
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Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Ten years ago I picked up a story book – aimed at kids four-nine, by Carol McCloud...
War Paint Broadway
Putting Life Onstage, But Bigger
Broadway is a blast. From the frothy tour de force of Bette Midler in "Hello Dolly" to...
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Brief Book, Big Message
ROI – Return on Investment – is one of the epic idea-killers in the corporate playbook. Initiatives...
American Gods
American Gods Shines, Sparks
Is this the edgiest show on television? From the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman of the same...
Lancaster University
Winning Attitudes at Lancaster MBA
For several years I have been coaching MBA students at the Lancaster University Management School, ranked in...
Blackpool Museum Project
Winning Hearts and Minds in Blackpool
Museums are an essential part in bringing art, culture and history to people. Unfortunately visitor numbers have...
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Emoji Face Heart and Hand
Did you know that there’s a new school of academic and corporate research dedicated to studying emoji...
CEO Genome Study
CEO Genome Project (Part 2)
Last week I wrote about the CEO Genome project by leadership advisory firm ghGmart. The #1 trait...
MyFoodBag Fresh Start
450 Calories and Less
The need to slim down is a health imperative for the majority of people in most of...
KR&Jake
Unfiltered – Disrupting Business Education
Unfiltered is a rapidly growing New Zealand startup focused exclusively on business education. Today I joined its...
CEO Genome Study
Assess Decide Execute
I lean heavily on the BQ factor – “Bloody Quick.” In my book 64 Shots: Leadership in...
TheLakesDistillery
There’s a Brew Going Down at The...
Part of the Cumbrian food and taste experience, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, is...
NZ Rugby World Cover
Why Are the All Blacks So Good?
I’ve written for NZ Rugby World every month since issue number one, 20 years ago in April...
DougMyers
A Lion Has Passed
At 6.30am on a wintry, cold 1989 Toronto morning, two partners of Egon Zehnder knocked on my...
Laura Kimpton LOVE Monumental Word Sculpture
I Love Laura
Laura Kimpton is a California-based, American contemporary artist. She is known for her Monumental Word series including...
CricHQ
CricHQ Shortlisted for UK Sports Tech Award
CricHQ is the world’s leading data company, with the goal of becoming the world’s leading cricket broadcaster....
DuoroRiver
Making Happy Choices
Am in Porto, the great river city of Portugal, with two great companies – Sonae, speaking to...
Stress
Here’s How to Destress
In today’s crazy world, stress levels can go through the roof. 24x7 internet and mobiles, no time...
Restaurant
If You’re Visiting the Lakes This Spring/Summer…
I have a home on the Fells above Grasmere, one of England’s most beautiful villages, on Greenhead...
Spread Your #lovein3words
Revlon have done a loving thing. On the Oscars broadcast they launched The Love Project. Lady Gaga,...
Shawnigan
“. . . With Heart & Humor”
My friend from yore Robin Dyke, poet and professor from Victoria in British Columbia, came with me...
DoItForDenmark
For F***’s Sake
In 2011 I was giving a keynote speech at a major economics conference in Spain. The country...
teenagers
In Defense of Teenagers: It’s Not Their...
Everything you wanted to know about teenagers but were afraid to ask (apologies to Woody Allen for...
Tom Brady and Richie McCaw
The New England Patriots and Mental Toughness
How did Tom Brady and the New England Patriots comeback after being down 21-3 in the first...
Tavis Smiley
Justice Is the Translation of Love
One of the great pleasures of American current affairs television is its principled partisanship. Fox is right...
Manchester
Manchester McMansion
Manchester is the nearest big city to my Grasmere hideaway. It’s home to my beloved Manchester City...
Edgework
Risky Business
Is a life without risk worth living? Looking at the recent “adrenaline-themed” issue of lifestyle magazine Kinfolk,...
Gut Feelings
In Praise of Gut Feeling
Mr. Spock vs. Captain Kirk. Sherlock Holmes vs. Dirty Harry. Obama vs. Trump. Readers of this column...
Conqa
Crazies Leading in London
London Stock Exchange – March 10 – I’ll be opening the London Leadership Summit for Conqa, a global...
Number of Americans killed by displayed in a chart
Reality Check #2: Where the Killing Comes...
The motivation behind the presidential order to reject people seeking to enter the US from Iraq, Syria,...
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Reality Check #1: Globaloney
America, it is said, is in a post-truthful state of mind. Anything can be asserted as a...
James Kerr Legacy
Mental Toughness at the Super Bowl
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots just won their most incredible 5th Super Bowl. Every time...
Bob Latham
The Power of Presence
Technology is embedded in modern living, and these days our magic mobile phones run our lives. This...
Millennial Myths
Four Millennial Myths
An 85 page report by Mizuho Securities shines a light on four millennial ‘Assumed Facts’. 1. Myth...
2016 Rocked, 2017 Will Be Even Better
2016 Rocked, 2017 Will Be Even Better
Some Reasons 2016 Rocked (from a cool list of attributed news story facts published by political economist...
Threats to Humanity in 2017
The Bad News
According to the World Economic Forum, the greatest threats to humanity in 2017 are: Donald Trump (oops –...
YPO New York
New York Stand Up
New Yorkers are a tough crowd, right? Straight talkers, business builders, deal makers, fast movers. I had...
Kevin Roberts with Tom Keene
With Tom Keene on POTUS
My favorite morning hour is with Tom Keene, the rambunctious host of Bloomberg Surveillance. This morning, no...
5 VUCA books
5 VUCA Books
Here's a guest KR Connect post from Michael Davies, a Lancaster Royal Grammar School history teacher and...
2017 Predictions - Sporting Victories
2017 Predictions #4: Sporting Victories
The Six Nations will be the most hotly contested and unpredictable series of games for years. Four...
Amazon Echo and Google Home
2017 Predictions #3: Siriously Alexa
Of all the AI, VR, TMT and HOT innovation acronyms, STI will make the biggest impact. For...
Donald Trump
2017 Predictions #2: Trump Will Triumph
He won - Donald Trump. The transition appointments show his intention for a muscular America, bristling with...
Brexit
2017 Predictions #1
If you thought last year was crazy, put on your seat belts for 2017. Here are three...
PT Prophet Podcast by Hayden Wilson
PT Prophet Podcast
Hayden Wilson is an Aussie, based in Melbourne, who has created an influential network of personal trainers...
Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork by Richard Brautigan
Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
January 4 3 I’ve started off with a mistake but I’ll try to get better and put...
Best Leadership Books of 2016
Best Leadership Books of 2016
Here's a nice way to close out the year. 64 Shots features in Leadership Now's best books...
Retail
Retail Physics
Online shopping is on a roll. Today around eight-in-ten Americans are online shoppers. 79% have made an...
St Peters Church
Restore a church
Many years ago – 1999 – I spoke to the clergy of the Christchurch Diocese in St...
The Beatles Lyrics by Hunter Davies
I read the news today – oh...
Christmas looming… my favourite gift for giving – ‘The Beatles Lyrics’ by Hunter Davies. The stories behind...
Amazon Go
Amazon Go: Just Walk Out
‘No lines, no checkout. (No, seriously.)’ I like where Amazon is headed at it punches further into...
Power Without Pylons Cumbria
Protecting one of England’s most dramatic natural...
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the most influential Romantic poets. He was born in Cumbria and...
The Reform Club
The Reform Club 11 January
I’ve had the honour of addressing many and varied audiences in some of the world’s most stunning...
Loveworks Retail Bags
Shopping the Future
Worldwide retail sales hit $24 trillion last year, not exactly small beer. The massive retail business is...
Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust
Jonah Lomu Legacy
The global Rugby community came together last Thursday in the Winter Marquee on Finsbury Square in the...
Accenture Interactive's Love Index
Accentuating Love
12 years on from writing Lovemarks: the Future Beyond Brands, Accenture Interactive – a branch of the...
Nick Farr Jones
Finders, Minders, Binders and Grinders
In the 1990’s I became very close to Australia’s finest athletes as Castlemaine Perkins in Queensland, one...
Leonard Cohen
Death of a Ladies Man
One of my heroes passed away today. 82 years young. Songwriter. Poet. Dreamer. Artist. Leonard Cohen. I...
Donald Trump
2.50am. Trumpland. USA.
Time to take the advice from Monty Python’s Eric Idle Some things in life are bad They...
Jack Reacher A Novel By Lee Child
Lee Child – Night School
A red letter day. The new Jack Reacher book is on my desk. Night School – Lee...
Diego Masciaga
Diego the Maestro
Masciaga not Maradona. The best restaurant leader in the World. At the best restaurant in the World....
Inspired in Dubai
Inspired in Dubai
I first visited the Middle East in 1972 with the Gillette Company pioneering New Product entries into...
Shingles Emoji
Get a Shingles vaccine
A great couple of weeks (speaking to a conference in Dubai, teaching at the American University there...
Business Response to Brexit is Export
Export to the World
The Institute of Directors annual conference is the premier business event in the UK, held last month...
My Food Bag Crew
My Food Success
My Food Bag team Cecilia Robinson, James Robinson, Kevin Roberts, Nadia Lim, Theresa Gattung and Carlos Bagrie....
Bob Dylan
The Bard Of Hibbing, Minnesota
The Nobel Prize committee surprised the world on October 13, selecting an American author for the first...
Leonard Cohen and John Pine
Old Timers
2 of my favorite storytellers have new albums out. Leonard Cohen's "You want it darker" is teasing...
Kevin Roberts and Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres RIP
A great leader passed last week. Shimon Peres served as president of Israel, prime minister, two times...
I Know This To Be True Books
I Know This To Be True
A new book out in New Zealand which must find its way into your life. I know...
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
The Church Of Reverend Bruce
Got my copy of Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography. Am getting drenched in words, experiences, emotions....
Kevin Roberts speaking
20 Shots
It doesn’t get better than being on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Thanks to my friends...
Crime shows Gomorrah and Marseille
Must See Euro Crime Shows To Binge...
Gomorrah – series 2 now out – brilliantly real life grimy documentary – like Naples underworld story....
BIBAS speeches
BIBAS In Blackpool
Blackpool was the place to be last Friday night. The Famous Blackpool Illuminations lit up the Promenade...
All Blacks Kieran Reid
Groundhog Day
Last Sunday I wrote about a day to remember as my two favorite sports teams, the All...
Massimiliano Fuksas
Emotional Architecture
When you drive La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, less than a mile away from Sunset is...
All Blacks and Manchester City Wins
A Day To Remember And Savor
The All Blacks ran riot in the second half of the Hamilton Test against Argentina – scoring...
Ann Tisch
Twenty Years And Thousands Of Lives
My friend Ann Tisch is an American hero. Ann is President and Founder of the Young Women’s...
football
The Beautiful Game
Well, today’s the day.  For the first time in almost 50 years, I have no-one to answer...
Motorbike smokeout
Special People. Special Learning.
My business education took off when I was 25 years old and was fortunate enough to convince...
Hand
When Times Are Tough
A friend, Nick Miaritis, reminded me of Theodore Roosevelt’s wise words. It is not the critic who...