Learning to walk: a reflection on boat shows.

If you have ever watched a foal at its first attempt of standing and walking, it is very awkward and seems unlikely that it will ever end in success.  Yet it does, as natural forces determine it has to, in order to survive. This analogy often comes to mind when colleagues ask me about the…

Beyond the Far East?

Originally published 17 August 2016 on LinkedIn. I have a pet hate.  It is the term “The Far East”.  In my experience it is usually uttered by Europeans with a little more of a patronising tone than I can bear as they say “Yes, we really must consider our strategy for the Far East”.   In respect to…