It was a briliant doctor that did it for Fabrice

I heard a piece on Radio 4 last week when an earnest cleric speaking in a “religious” voice – you know the one I mean, the slightly breathless and subdued one that is meant to carry weight and meaning. He acknowledged the work of the cardiac specialist and the other medics when Fabrice Muamba collapsed [...]

An inspirational event

Last week I was a guest speaker at an event in Bohunt School, Liphook and my brief was to inspire the students and to look at how best we can capture our learning. I had prepared the 40 minute presentation I was asked to give and had spent some time in thinking about how I [...]

One Law for All!!

On 11 February I took part in a demonstration in London in support of a campaign for one law in the UK and to express my opposition to the imposition of an alternative legal structure in the form of Sharia Law. The demonstration was organised by some very brave and fearless Muslim ladies all of [...]

Running the Great Glen Way

Back at home and its time to watch others expend some energy in The Great North Run. The trail from Inverness to Fort William covered 80 miles but with detours and starting from an earlier point, I calculate that I ran a total of 89 miles in all. This was harder than road running by [...]

The Great Glen Way

On Sunday I’ll be starting out on a solo 80 mile long run along the Great Glen from Inverness to Fort William. Over £1400 has been donated towards the Motor Neurone Disease Association which is the charity that will benefit from the run. A huge thanks to all those who have donated and to those [...]

Raising funds to help those with Motor Neurone Disease

I’ll be running solo and unsupported from Inverness to Fort William from 11th to 15th September in aid of the MND Association, Registered Charity Number 294354 The 80 mile long Great Glen Way is a trail that runs across mountains, through forest tracks and alongside the shores of Loch Ness, Loch Lochy and the path [...]

Friday Rant on Friday 3 June

The financial crisis in Greece amounts to this. The nation has overspent on its credit card; many of the people refuse to recognise this so they take to the streets in protest at the fact that lenders will not continue to lend unless at usurial rates; the Greek government ask for a second loan to [...]

The Friday Rant on population and sustainability- 24 hours late

I was chairing and speaking at a conference last week on the theme of leadership to a group of owner/managers of businesses in the sustainability sector. A mix of companies in energy efficiency, carbon monitoring and green logistics were some of the areas of business that were represented. I was asked by the organisers to [...]

Today is my rant against politicians spending OPM (other peoples money)

I heard Nick Clegg say something to the effect that he did not come into politics to make cuts and Vince Cable said last night on TV that he would prefer to be Father Christmas handing out cheques to local communities. This type of thinking is little short of institutional bribery and is an example [...]

Lord Sugar and Football Governance

I watched Lord Sugar and his programme about governance in the Premier League. I was not in the least surprised; more dismayed that the rules the rest of us in business need to observe are conveniently suspended for the LA LA Land that is football This is the blog I penned about a year ago [...]