Social unrest is the offspring of prejudice — In August 1969 a conflict erupted between a community of civilians against the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), a state-backed Police force in Northern Ireland until it was dissolved in 2001. For 3-days, local residents from the Bogside in Derry fought and pushed back RUC forces. The “Battle of the Bogside”…

Lessons from “Leaders Eat Last” — In 2002, US Air Force pilot Johnny Bravo (his call name) decided to fly beneath cloud-cover to check out what was going on below. He knew his colleagues were moving through hostile territory. Instructing his wingman to stay above for cover he descended through the dense clouds. Just before he…

Can you smell it? — In his 1892 Novel, The American Claimant, Mark Twain wrote: “There’s gold in them thar hills” You see in 1848 the California Gold Rush took hold, resulting in “the largest mass migration in American history” as 300,000 people made their way west to a place we now know as the…

To Lead is to enrich others —

Make 2023 your Jedi year — A new year will be upon us in just 9 days time. In 10 days many of us will have listed or invented a few new years resolutions that often fade as life gets in the way. “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” — Yoda If, like…

Harnessing harmonious happiness —

United and Ronaldo part ways — Manchester United confirmed yesterday that Cristiano Ronaldo has left the club, confirmed in a brief statement on the clubs’ website. The decoupling of two huge brands was apparently agreed by mutual consent, although its not yet clear if the Portuguese legend was released but he is unlikely to be paid…

Does it matter? — A piece of research published in the Harvard Business Review in 2018 found that the average age at which a successful founder started a company was 45 years young. Makes sense, right? At 45, most people have 20–25 years industry experience, maybe some security, like a home, a sizeable network…

The key to maintain healthy strength is pulling — In the song Fastlove George Michael sang these words: You “Gotta get up to get down.” Did George mean that pulling is a first order movement? Who knows, but George’s’ words reflect that of Newtons third law of motion: “For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and…