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The Power of Action
Dubai is a shock to those who seldom travel to the country. Arriving at midnight to participate in @COP28, it was a humid 26 degrees. And, it’s the middle of winter. From landing to getting into the back of the taxi, including a decent walk through the sprawling airport, passport control and customs, took 43…
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Connecting the dots between Big Tobacco and Big Oil
From the Financial Times this week, following a negative trading update from tobacco behemoth British American Tobacco: “BAT, which makes Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarettes, said competition from illicitly sold disposable vapes and smokers switching to cheaper cigarette brands or quitting altogether had dragged down US combustible sales.” Put more simply: “Damn it! We have…
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How to destroy a business in one weekend
The OpenAI board would have had its reasons for sacking founder Sam Altman – but as my late grandfather would often say: “There’s nothing common about common sense.” The decision to fire arguably the world’s hottest AI talent in the worlds’ most competitive and fast evolving industries smacks of an epic failure of strategic thinking.…
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How you leave a job is important
David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary and his elevation to the House of Lords will be a comfort to failed politicians everywhere. Lord Cameron, as he is now known, resigned as Prime Minister in 2016 following the referendum he called in a failed attempt to settle a long-running dispute in his party as to whether…
