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Not In Our Name

Not In Our Name

Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly,”  GK Chesterton (letter to The Times) I knew that he was going to call me.  Following last week’s riots in London and across the UK, I had seen my friend Daniel Snell, founder of Arrival Education becoming increasingly wound up.  How …

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London to Bristol

London to Bristol

  Bristol.  Home of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.  Of Wallace and Gromit.  Of Trunki. For those of you not yet ‘in the know’, the latter is the producer of ‘luggage for little people’, creating ride-on bags for children all over the world.  Rejected by Dragons’ Den, the firm, founded by Rob Law, is close to selling its millionth unit. …

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Dedicated Follower?

Dedicated Follower?

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”  John F. Kennedy Some slightly mind-boggling numbers from Twitter; I am currently following 2,335 people.  How?  That is a story for another post! Today, I have 5,841 ‘followers’. Here’s where it gets (vaguely) interesting. Of the people I ‘follow’, quite a few are not following me back.  …

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Taking Risks with Ideas

Taking Risks with Ideas

  A vicar, a senior police officer and a polar explorer walk into a bar.  How did they get there?  No, reader, this is not the opening line of a bad joke.  It is a question I have been pondering, which made me think about the British American Project.  Of all of the groups I have …

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Being There

Being There

  Launching today, Mentorsme is an online gateway which will make it easier for British business owners to find a mentor.  It does this by acting as a directory of existing organisations, all over the UK.  In addition, it contains some general information by way of an introduction to mentoring. Operated by the Business Finance Taskforce, …

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