A legend and leader in the hotel world, Horst Schulze has reshaped the concepts of service and hospitality across the globe… Initially Schulze worked for both Hilton Hotels and Hyatt Hotels Corporation before becoming one of the founding members of The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company in 1983. At Ritz Carlton Schulze created the operating and

Have you heard of Siggi Wilzig? If you haven’t, you need to understand his story, what a remarkable person. Wilzig and his family were deported to one of the darkest places in the world, Auschwitz. As a teenager he watched on as his family were murdered or died of illness around him, whilst witnessing unbelievable

Are you a red, blue, yellow, or Green? No. I’m not talking about football or M&M’s. I’m taking about humans. More specifically human behaviour, and how to understand those who cannot be understood. Those a little older (like me) will remember disc profiling (developed in 1928 by psychologist William Moulton). But I don’t know about

Nobody would ever in a million years call me a style icon… So, why have I just spent the last week reading ‘House of Versace’ by Deborah Ball? Initially it was to understand and learn how the Versace brand was built, nearly disappeared, and then rose again from the ashes. What I didn’t expect was

When Steven Bartlett first appeared on Dragons Den, I wanted to know his story… Not the bit about him being a multi-millionaire at 27 after floating his company on the London Stock Exchange for a couple of hundred million dollars. His real story. How did he become the person he is today? What drove him

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has always been an interesting character to me… I’ve never been sure what to make of him. Is he that rude? Does he not care about his customers? Are his public outbursts for real or just for publicity? So, when I came across a biography not authorised by O’Leary, written by

Amazingly, our tree planting exploits have received royal approval… Our planting and charity partner (Shiva Trust) have registered a selection of the tree’s we’ve planted at Meadows Farm and Animal Sanctuary with the Queens Green Canopy. The Queen’s Green Canopy is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, inviting

Silicon valley is the place where the brightest kids hatch an idea, start a company with the hope of changing the world and striking it rich. Over the years Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wolfe befriended Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal and serial investor), who introduced Wolfe to the world of silicon valley. Using the

Most organisations need to print certain documents, which means they buy paper… Although most paper is made using trees in managed sustainable forests, we’re still conscious to produce paper trees still need to be felled. Understanding that trees form part of the solution to addressing climate change (they take carbon out of the atmosphere and

George Gilder is one of the worlds leading economic and technological thinkers When he covers a subject such as ‘the fall of big data and the blockchain economy’ it makes you want to understand his thinking ‘Life after Google’ are his thoughts (backed by knowledge and research) on the future of the internet, and how