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2020 Olympic Torch Hindsight to Rekindle Embers of Hope

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It’s hard to believe twenty years have passed since I was honoured and humbled to carry the Olympic torch on the day of the opening ceremonies of the Sydney...

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Lebanon during better times-Bitter Sweet long weekend

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‘In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed’…Kahlil Gibran Lebanon...

Tips for Working From Home-or in your Own Business

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Having left a secure executive position with IBM for the insecurity of starting my own business, I sometimes struggled in a home office before expanding into ‘real’ commercial office space...

Perspectives on Pandemic Panic-Hope Happens

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Yes we indeed live in unprecedented times—but haven’t there always been unprecedented times in human history? There is no room for corona complacency during this current medical and economic crisis!...

Small world-Universal challenges

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I’m just home from Africa, having avoided a coup in Ethiopia where the government closed down all Wi-Fi for 3 weeks; which gave me fresh material on disruption to address...

New Year’s Acronym of Actions

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The one New Year’s resolution that I know for certain I’ll be able to keep…is not to take any more New Year’s Eve flights from Miami to San Diego…so a...

Life mirrors nature. Some of it’s tragic but most of it’s magic!

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Since the dawn of time there have always been (and probably will always be) the darkest of disasters in both Mother Nature and human nature. Thankfully, few of us will...

No one’s perfect-Double check

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Feeling for Cathay Pacific today with this ‘spell’ of bad publicity…but let’s face it, who hasn’t made a spelling mistake in an email, report or a book? Even spellcheck...

‘Accountability’ for Success is more than just numbers

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We’ve just finished the end of the financial tax year in Australia. So what next to be truly ‘accountable’ for success in the future? Here are some thoughts to kick-start...

Change & Disruption are inevitable. Learning from them is optional!

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Last month, I was on a speaking tour in Asia, where it was great to catch up with my former IBM team in Japan. This prompted me to reflect how...