Sometimes it’s good to be a beginner
One of the most well known teachers and writers on Zen Buddhism was Shunryu Suzuki. He wrote and an excellent book called Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. In there he says, “In Japan, we have the...
Tagged: management style
90% of business is business
When I started my previous company, as a multimedia software distributor, I had no experience of the technology industry. My previous work experience had been doing export sales of pharmaceuticals and canned foodstuffs to...
C.E.O. – Context Executive Officer
When I reflected on my role as C.E.O. , I sometimes wondered what it was I was supposed to be doing. The C.E.O. role is usually to build a management team, typically composed of...
Let’s Face it! – India 2
Asia offers huge potential to almost any Western Business. They are fast-growing economies with aspiring middle-classes that want to enjoy some of the benefits of economic development. They, so they are both markets that...
Is passion essential to being a CEO?
One reads a lot of start-up literature and interviews and they almost all talk a lot about ‘passion’ and ‘vision’. I am not sure either is very useful, unless you are one of that...