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The Ice Cream Van Test: Strategy vs...
There’s an analogy I’ve used with entrepreneurs many times: when teaching a child how to ride a bike...
Apr 04, 2026
Looking back on Engine Shed
The other week I was with UKSPA friends and colleagues, many of whom I have known since before Engin...
Mar 16, 2026
The Engine Shed Journey: How it sta...
Whilst we had been thinking for a while about ideas for a multi-disciplinary, multi-partner, scaled-...
Mar 08, 2026
The Entrepreneur’s Journey
This chapter follows the entrepreneur’s journey from initial idea to commercial reality, examining h...
Dec 07, 2025
2023: A year of anniversaries
Last Saturday, 35 founders, employees and partners of Motion Media Technology got together to mark t...
Nov 13, 2023
The Perilous Shift: From Octopus to...
The Perilous Shift: From Octopus to Japanese Knotweed — The Danger of Startup Founders Becoming Suff...
Jun 23, 2023
My Learning Workout
Last month I had the privilege of joining alumni and some of the current cohort, of the Common Purpo...
Nov 07, 2022
Calibrating one’s leadership capabi...
As I sit on a flight to Ghana, I’m reflecting on my first visit to the beautiful place and people th...
Nov 14, 2021
Finding the common purpose
Over the last few years I have found myself in numerous conversations where I’ve been trying to find...
Sep 26, 2020
Innovation Assets as Leadership Sym...
We may be entering the deepest recession for 300 years. There are 6 million people furloughed — acro...
Jul 09, 2020