Tag: entrepreneurship

• Are you an effective NonExec Director?

  Do you have what it takes to manage a CEO like Camila Batmanghelidjh? The article in today’s Guardian,”Camila’s Kids Company: The Inside Story review – both damning and vindicatory” by Sam Wollaston  accurately summarises my feelings on watching the fascinating BBC programme last evening about Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company.  It was a extraordinary exposé and…

  Jill Ridley-Smith

  February 4, 2016

  Advice for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses, Role of Non-Executive Directors

  business, entrepreneurship, growth

• David Bowie: the Great Innovator. Should businesses follow his example?

  Looking back at David Bowie’s career I’m struck by his astonishing ability to be constantly and consistently ahead of trends.   It isn’t always clear if he was the cause of certain trends or just an early adopter thereof, but what we do know is he made genres of music, used technologies and wore fashions before…

  Jill Ridley-Smith

  January 14, 2016

  Advice for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

  business, entrepreneurship, growth, innovation