Leadership, innovation and loyalty

I’ve expressed some doubts here previously about ‘visionary leadership’ but I take it back – well, at least some of it.  I came across a very clear example of such leadership this week in an article in The Economist’s Technology Quarterly.  Marty Cooper was the first person to see the potential of mobile phones as [...]

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Gordon Brown at the NLGN Annual Conference

I went to the NLGN annual conference today.  The star turn came from the Prime Minister in what was the first speech he has made during his premiership to a local government audience.  Gordon Brown’s theme was responding to the recession.  He emphasised the global nature of the economic crisis and the three key planks of [...]

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