by Guy | 18 Dec, 2025 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology, Valuation
What five decades in business taught me about judgement, resilience, and momentum From Buttons to Boardrooms: Setting the Scene Picture this: 1972, a dimly lit computer room in, then, Salisbury, Rhodesia. I’m a 17-year-old trainee operator, feeding punch...
by Guy | 11 Dec, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Economy, Excellence, Leadership, Marketing, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill Introduction – From Looking Back to Looking Forward If 2025 sorted the strong from the fragile, where should SME leaders direct their energy in 2026 to build unbreakable...
by Guy | 4 Dec, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Communication, Culture, Customers, Disruption, Economy, Energy, Europe, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Marketing, Motivation, Productivity, Risk, Sales, Strategy, Success, Technology
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” – Peter Drucker Introduction – 2025 Business Retrospective: Lessons, Patterns and the Road Ahead December gives many business leaders something they rarely...
by Guy | 27 Nov, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking Introduction: When Efficiency Meets Adaptability Two CEOs face the same supply chain disruption. The first spends three weeks chasing approvals, pulling reports from five different...
by Guy | 6 Nov, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Disruption, Economy, Energy, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology
“The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War Introduction – The Hidden Engine Behind Every Business It took just one ship to halt global trade – and remind the world how fragile supply chains really are. When the Ever Given...
by Guy | 23 Oct, 2025 | Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Communication, Culture, Customer Experience, CX, Customer Service, Customers, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Marketing, Risk, Sales, Social Networking, Strategy, Success, Technology
“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits them and sells itself.” – Peter Drucker Introduction – Why Marketing Means Nothing Until It Sells You’ve spent $5,000 on Facebook ads this quarter. Your blog...