Category: Uncategorized
Posted on 29th May 2022
On my way to The Business Book Awards last week where my business memoir Ahead of her Time: How a One-Woman Startup Became a Global Publishing Brand, published by Watkins, won the Best Book Award for Business Journey. I had got up most days in 2019 and written for three or four hours, discovering why…
Category: anxiety, Chaotic world, Consciousness, energy, fear, positive thinking
Posted on 2nd May 2021
I was recently interviewed by Creative Impact – a lifestyle media brand and platform for creatives and experts making a positive impact on other people and the planet. Here is what I shared with them … Many years ago I sat alone in a hotel room in a country very far from my home. I…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Publishing, Values in Business
Posted on 26th March 2021
Ahead of Her Time has been reviewed by the Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit corporation, who are working to advance Africa’s women entrepreneurs by growing the next generation of women entrepreneurs across the continent. Lionesses of Africa has over 1 Million users across 54 African countries and reaches tens of thousands of users in the Diaspora in…
Category: Publishing
Posted on 17th March 2021
When I left the publishing industry at the end of 2007, the first Kindle had gone on sale just a month earlier, Apple had not yet launched the iPad and few people in publishing knew what an app was. It was a very different world. Fast forward to 2021 and for me the changes are…
Category: anxiety, Chaotic world, energy, fear, Mindfulness, positive thinking, relaxation, Society Today, Uncategorized
Posted on 12th March 2019
8 years ago i gave a frequent keynote speech on future trends that entrepreneurs needed to know about. The trends included demographics and the growing control of wealth by older people, the increasing influence of technology and social media on our lives, the rise of China as a world power and the forthcoming impact of…
Category: anxiety, Chaotic world, climate change, Consciousness, energy, fear, Future Trends, inspiration, Mindfulness, planet, positive thinking, Society Today, sustainability, Values in Business, Work
Posted on 4th January 2019
The lovely period without paid work between Christmas and New Year usually gives even the most social amongst us some time to stop ‘doing’ and just ‘be’. Feeling not quite ready to get back into the ‘doing’ flow, I have had time to reflect on what kind of year 2019 might turn out to be….
Category: Chaotic world, Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Future Trends, Leaders, Mindfulness, Society Today, Uncategorized
Posted on 26th October 2018
It’s hard to stay centred in this chaotic world of ours. It feels like wherever we look the planet is in so much distress – both the natural world and our emotional worlds. The ground beneath our feet feels as though it is moving, both physically and metaphorically as so many people are presently struggling…
Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Entrepreneurs, Future Trends, Leaders, Mindfulness, Society Today, Values in Business, Work
Posted on 13th March 2018
It’s time to start paying attention to cryptocurrency. You don’t have to make judgment calls as to which coin is going to be worth investing in. There are over a thousand of them. Most people have only heard of Bitcoin and perhaps one other. No, its time to pay attention to cryptocurrency because our global…