The original DESERTEC concept was a fantastic idea and seemed to make a lot of sense… It was a global renewable energy solution based on harnessing sustainable power from places where renewable sources of energy are at their most abundant. Basically, the world’s sun-rich deserts. Let’s face it, deserts don’t provide much else, apart from

Are you ready to take the plunge & go into business for the first time? Well, you’ve got 3 options: Start a new business Buy a franchise Buy an existing business Start a business: When starting a business, you’ve got to decide what type of business. Will it be in manufacturing, retail, hair & beauty,

Open questions allow respondents to include more information… Including feelings, attitudes and understanding of the subject. This allows you to better understand what your customers or prospects true feelings are on an issue. Closed questions (because of the simplicity and limit of the answers) may not let them reflect their real feelings and give you

Would you class this as a huge missed opportunity, because of no long-term vision or strategy? Background Back in the naughty 90’s in California, the government department CARB (California Air Resources Board) passed a zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Which required the 7 major automobile suppliers in the United States to offer electric vehicles to continue

Since learning the movie (The Social Network) distorts the tale of Facebook’s origins, I’ve also wanted to learn the true story… So, when I got my hands on a copy of leading technology journalist & author David Kirkpatrick’s book ‘The Facebook Effect’ I was well chuffed. David was given full access by Mark Zuckerberg, even

Here’s an interesting question… Is there a right time to sell your business? I’ve been reading the inside story about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook this week, and it’s thrown up this interesting question. Throughout Facebook’s business life, Zuckerberg has been adamant that he would never sell Facebook (although I’ll caveat that slightly). He would never

On a gloomy Wednesday afternoon… With mini lock downs appearing more frequently then zit’s on our teenagers chin. We desperately need a good business news story. Well, here’s a mind boggling one reported by Lancashire Business View! In 2001 2 guys from Blackburn had tremendous insight to open a garage forecourt retail business, starting in

What a headline… H&M fined a cool 35 million Euro for excessive employee surveillance. This includes extensive staff surveys (covering details of holidays, medical symptoms & diagnoses for illnesses). In some cases they even sought private details from informal chats (including family issues & religious beliefs). This information was then stored and used to evaluate

This current restricted situation is causing organisations to reassess their business model… Some tweaking how they provide products, others pivoting to provide complementary products, many closing offices to homework, and retailers closing stores to do more online sales. 5 years ago, we did all these things at once… Brought on by 3 strategic inflection points