Leadership
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When I moved to Scotland (in 2010) to start at Edinburgh Business School (EBS), we were expecting our third born (child). I had my first business school exam (Organisational Behaviour), and my wife actually went into labour! As soon as I got out of the exam, I turned my phone on, it was my wife…
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Ten days ago on a beautiful Saturday morning, I did something I had never done before. It was actually something I wouldn’t even have considered doing a year ago. I participated in a 12 km run through the forest, rivers, and muddy ponds of Scotland whilst overcoming 60+ odd obstacles along the way. Did I…
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I applaud Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla’s announcement this week to give away 99% of their Facebook shares to a new charitable foundation. The news brought to the forefront the Giving Pledge initiative started by Bill Gates and my mentor Warren Buffett. The duo challenged the world’s richest families to join them in not…