William Francis Sutton was an American bank robber. When asked why he robbed banks, he allegedly responded: “…because that’s where the money is.” Medicine has used “Sutton’s Law” when training students as a metaphor to...
Sometimes the most powerful approach to growth is “Next!” John Bowen – CEO – CEG Worldwide I first saw John Bowen present in Santa Monica in early 2002. Despite everyone’s development nerves, we were still tight in the aftermath of the...
“Advisers are not in the business of delivering advice, they are in the business of building a business that delivers advice” Mark P. Hurley, CEO Undiscovered Managers – Manly Pacific Hotel, 1999 I first heard the above quote listening to an American...
Is the first year of this decade over yet? Hardly. This week’s Economist leaders suggest, what the 9/11 attacks did for air travel, covid-19 has done for what we consider ‘normal’ – tests, masks, lockdowns, tracing, documentation, zoom, climate...
“Advisers often use value as a drunk uses a lamppost — for support rather than illumination” paraphrasing poet A.E. Housman What is the value of advice? It depends on whom advisers are serving – themselves or their clients? The client’s common...
One of my favourite books is Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. The following is from the book’s introduction… “As we navigate our lives, we normally allow ourselves to be guided by impressions and feelings, and the confidence we have in our...