Recently, I was having a discussion with a customer we’re working with to restructure their IT Security department and adopt SABSA end to end. Doing this will more effectively manage their cybersecurity risks and keep them directly focused on supporting business execution, not just doing security for security’s sake. The Problem One of the problems they […]
Laptop Ban: 3 Leadership Lessons from Emirates President Sir Tim Clark
If you had the “pleasure” of flying yesterday from Dubai Airport (DXB) to the US, you had a front-row seat in Emirates’ live Market Leadership 101 course for CEO’s. Saturday, 25th of March was the first day of the US #LaptopBan impacting the Gulf carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar as part of the latest terror hysteria. […]
Security — What does that mean?
Security isn’t really a thing—it’s more a feeling you get when you believe things are the way you expect them to be. You expect things you care about to be “ok”, but most of the time, we really don’t think about what that means either. Maybe it means that something is “safe”, e.g. free from […]
How to Create a Sustainable Culture of Innovation
Innovation. It’s one of those things people love to talk about – even dream about – that many, if not most, don’t really understand. Let’s face it, if everyone really understood innovation, there wouldn’t be almost 6 million results on Google News as I write this post, nor would innovation have been in the top […]
I’m Sorry, Sir. We’re Out of Tuna
That’s what I heard tonight when I rang up one of my regular, “no brainer” restaurants because the last thing anyone in the house wanted to do this evening was cook. I order something from them at least once a week, normally lunch, and, to be fair, they’re not really a sushi place. They’re really […]
