I passed a milestone the other day. I had forgotten all about it, until LinkedIn kindly reminded me in one of those sometimes annoying pop-up reminders. This was a surprise one sunny afternoon I hadn't expected. Apparently, I have been running my own consulting business for two years. (Pause .... ) After I picked myself up off the floor from the shock, I took a few minutes to reflect on this. There was a time when I would never have imagined that I would be one of those peopl

For the first time ever in human history there are now five generations working together in the same workplace. While some Traditionalists born before 1945 are still working, the first people of Generation Z born after 1997 are now also entering the workforce. Traditionalists grew up after World War II, while Generation Z cannot remember a time when the internet didn’t exist. This can create sometimes hilarious situations as the recent YouTube clip of 'A Millennial Job Interv

“Society becomes more wholesome, more serene, and spiritually healthier, if it knows that its citizens have at the back of their consciousness the knowledge that not only themselves, but all their fellows, have access, when ill, to the best that medical skill can provide” - British Secretary for Health, Nye Bevan, 1952 The United Kingdom’s National Health Service turned 70 years old this month. The NHS was launched on 5 July 1948 by then British Health Secretary Nye Bevan aft

If anyone was in any doubt that culture, teamwork and leadership were crucial to good organisational decision-making and success, just ask the Australian cricket team. Here is a team of talented individuals that was, by any definition, a successful organisation. They’d won the cricket World Cup in 2015 and had just come off a very successful Ashes test series defeating again England 4 - 0. They are currently ranked 3rd best test team in the world. Today they are a team dealin