The End Of Government?

The End Of Government?

There is a really interesting debate going on in my island nation community of Guernsey at the moment. There is large review of government tax and spending. There is a suggestion that the cost of government will need to move from 25% to 28% of GDP. Our government rightly argues that ours is already one […]

Thinking and Feeling

Thinking and Feeling

There are three questions I like to ask myself whenever I have a big decision to make: What do I think about this? What do I feel about this? Why is there a difference? At one time, I did not imagine there could be any possible difference in my answers to the first two questions. […]

2 years

2 years

It is just under two years since I publicly declared in a blog post that I was going to change the world. It is just under two years since I took the leap, left my comfort zone and lived up to what I am truly capable of. I wrote that post after completely rewiring how […]

The Alleviation of Wealth

The Alleviation of Wealth

I have a problem with the general perception of poverty in the world today. People seem to think it’s all about money. It’s not. Over the past couple of decades, I have seen the damage caused by the poverty industry, from the unintended consequences of aid programmes. I have interacted with many charity leaders who […]

The Global Brain

The Global Brain

Something that has fascinated me throughout my life is the human mind. One of the real tragedies I have discovered is that the human mind holds us back more than anything else. The human mind has not had a serious upgrade in over 50,000 years.  No matter who we are, how powerful our position or […]

The Rise of the Mischief Maker

The Rise of the Mischief Maker

I love mischief. I always have done. I feel like it’s part of my DNA; I can’t help but want to cause it. I see it in my son, too: that cheeky smile and glint in his eyes, and it makes me smile every time. I find so engaging and disarming. In the world of […]

Learning from the very edge

Learning from the very edge

Just over two years ago, I saw an image that transformed my thinking on education and altered the course of my life. It was a picture of an 8 year old girl teaching a Biotech class to adults. The reason she could teach it is because she started learning about the subject 6 months beforehand. […]

The Inside Out

The Inside Out

Last week I was sent a great quote that I wanted to share and write about: “When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to […]

The Shift from Wealth to Impact

The Shift from Wealth to Impact

“If you are giving back, then you took too much.” These are my favourite words spoken at TEDGlobal by the genius maverick entrepreneur Ricardo Semler. I also reflect on the words of Peter Diamandis (Co-Founder of Singularity University and The X-Prize) at the recent Singularity Summit in Amsterdam: “If you want to make a billion […]

The Open Door

The Open Door

I look on 2015 as an open door. A door I have looked at for some time, holding back. And yet, somehow I know I will find the courage to walk through. I always do. I look back at every other door I have walked through, valuing the lessons and the experience. I think about […]