This is the alternative MBA

What happens when you get 3 very successful entrepreneurs into a room to talk about their success? There is a lot to be learned from the business world today and I contend you can learn most of it by listening to what those who are in it are saying. Of course trying your hand at [...]

Your Way…

How many times have you said, “if only I was my own boss?” Probably half a dozen times this week alone. So what is stopping you from taking the leap? I had a wonderful conversation with Lucy Roberts of PLUG about her communication business and how it all started. Lucy was irreverent and real. The 1st rule [...]

Arab Women another view

Unfortunately when it comes to understanding Arab women many in the west simply cannot see past the cloths. Sad really. On a daily basis I interact with Arab women who are nothing short of amazing in their take on business, politics, media and social issues. In fact the women I interact with are no different [...]

who can be an entrepreneur?

Abu Dhabi Forum on Entrepreneurship Nightline a Conversation Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? Do we all have what it takes? I am not so sure and I am certainly not sure that any school can actually teach you to be an entrepreneur! Look at the number of MBA’s out there, using the logic [...]

Thinking 2010

I stumbled on this nice little piece from TOM PETERS today. We must destroy “departments”–and create aggressive, imaginative, entrepreneurial Professional Service Firms in their stead. Two words that we need to infuse into our organizations in the New Year, education through plumbing, IMAGINATION and ENTREPRENEURIAL. We are living in a changed world, it is no [...]