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As groups grow, it becomes exponentially harder to keep everyone happy and aligned. This applies to companies, families, holidays – anything where there are multiple individuals all in regular contact …

We’re in the middle of another hiring phase at Ometria, doubling from a core team of 8 to 16 within just a few months, and that means I’m placing a …

In the past few months, the number of speaking engagements I’ve been doing has increased rather sharply, and I’ve found myself spending a lot of time preparing talks. I’ve trained …

About a year ago I decided to take to heart the advice given in a book called Never Eat Alone. I never actually read the book – I figured the …

I normally approach any situation as one that I am in control of, and when things don’t go to plan I blame myself for not having been smart enough to …

A few minutes ago, I took off from Heathrow on a short flight to France, and noticed once again the intrinsic and uncontrollable fear that went through my mind and …

All over the internet, there are blogs dedicated to life hacking. Half of my posts are about it – strategies to be more efficient, to get more done in a …

In companies like mine, holidays are seen rather differently than they are by the rest of the world. Rather than excitedly looking forward to being able to get away from …

For a few years now, I’ve been investing in technology startups for a very specific reason. I’ve built a number of businesses, but when I turned my attention to the …

Over the past decade I have founded a number of companies – seven, in fact. All of them are still running, even though not all have gone well. Some I …