For many the title of this chapter is in itself a huge problem, it creates a large divide in opinion. Can an advanced economy survive without a manufacturing base? The demise of manufacturing isn’t something experienced just in the UK, the USA, a manufacturing giant has suffered a somewhat similar experience. In 2015 not a

After a few years of working for myself, I felt like I needed to give something back. That doesn’t mean that I was widely, or even remotely successful, but I just felt that I needed to be there for other people that were trying to start out on their own. Running your own business is

I’ve spoken before that there isn’t a fine line between good and evil, the world is just a melting pot of good things, bad things and questionable things that pretty much paints a picture in grey. The amazing thing about good and bad is the ability of rich and successful people to paint over the

It amazes me every day how other people get employed to do the jobs they have. I’ve talked before about linking output and value to a person’s salary, but if we move away from that and simply look at the key skills necessary, it’s simply mind boggling how the world of supposed experts is actually

People view age as an indicator of experience and yet as discussed previously in this blog, experience means nothing if you don’t learn from it. I was once replaced as the sales director of a company that I loved by someone of more “suitable” experience because the shareholders felt that I was too young for

In the modern world of business people seem to spend more time talking about doing things than actually doing them. If you study any successful person who has succeeded in more than one area of expertise there is a common theme among them; they know how to get things done. That doesn’t mean they are