I’m teaching finance but I’m still learning, and I am privileged to work with great people. Last week was different as I was working with a group of scientists in Cambridge. And unusually for 2020, this was live in a conference room, not online. No problem with being sensible about Covid compliance however – this…
What we learned this week… Among the trends in 2020 must be our increased familiarity with data, or at least with people using it. We are all amateur epidemiologists now. Next slide please… The picture above, taken from the BBC website, using WHO data, is a case in point. This is not an especially complex…
Productivity what it is, how to improve yours. Had a lovely morning on Tuesday running a Personal Productivity training session wit a group of start up entrepreneurs. Have a look at this video here with my favourite tip. A couple of extra tips which were highlighted when I was working with this group: 1) The…
What we learned this week… How far ahead are you looking right now? When talking to my clients, I do not know any who have not had to radically revise their plans during 2020. They may have revised these downwards – as with airlines, hospitality, entertainment – or upwards. Think Amazon. A consistent theme is…
What We Learned This Week As if 2020 had not delivered sufficiently in terms of challenge, this week we have been faced with a further wave of change management to cope with. We have – and are finding – this to be extremely challenging, although I think we will survive. Our family has added a…
We are in recession, as you are probably aware. What we do not know is how the future will turn out, even though we now accept that our response to Coronavirus will shape what we do for some months ahead. If recession continues, does it get worse, does it become “depression”? Classic answer: it depends….