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Virgil’s Aeneid Sketch
The Gods Make Bored First Those Whom...
When I was studying Virgil’s Aeneid at school I came across a line I will never forget – “The...
Air New Zealand
In Praise of Air NZ
Air New Zealand is - alongside My Food Bag - New Zealand’s premier company. They fly 16 million...
TellUsAStory
KR Podcast with Linda Coles “Tell Us...
Just posted, a 23 minute podcast with Linda Coles, foremost NZ Linkedin influencer (530k followers). We dive into Lovemarks and how they...
Saatchi & Saatchi
Name The First Advertising Agency That Comes...
Exactly. Chutzpah & Chutzpah is a history of Saatchi & Saatchi by Richard Myers, Simon Goode and Nick Darke...
Zentivity
Zentivity Calms Stress and Discontent in the...
My cobber in D.C. Leland Schwartz is always onto a good thing. He sent me a just-published...
Do you remember
Do You Remember?
When was the last time you memorized someone else’s phone number? Drove somewhere without Google Maps turned...
World Happiness Day
Happiness Without Borders
I‘ve blogged about happiness and personal wellbeing at length. In recent years happiness has gained ground all...
Education Matters
The Future of Learning
We are facing a crisis in education. Education simply hasn’t kept up. Teaching methods, teacher training, the...
When Lions Roared
When Lions Roared
The British & Irish Lions have left New Zealand with a drawn series. Humbug. The All Blacks...
SmartCities
Smart Cities for Wellbeing
Technology, data and sensors – the architecture of the Internet of Things – are raising the IQs...
Richie McCaw
Captains of Sporting History
Books about sporting greatness get my attention. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force behind the World’s Greatest Teams by...
Herdy
Hear it for Herdy
People in Cumbria have cheered at the awarding of the Lakes District the status of Unesco World...
Jargon
Mumbo Jumbo
I use my fair share of acronyms. ABC. ADE. VUCA. RLRJ. FF/LF/FF*. They are a useful shorthand...
Paradox
Gearing for Complexity
“The best managers are happy to hold two or more opposing views on an issue because they know the...
ATKearney - Adapting to Disruption
AT Kearney’s 2017 Views from the C-Suite
AT Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council has always been a happy landing pad for me. I’ve always...
EmiratesTeamNZ
The Ecstasy of Emirates Team New Zealand
Last Friday I opened Unfiltered's conference on Team, Culture and Diversity at the Auckland Museum with a presentation...
LionsTour
Breffni the Lions Fan
My mate from the Hawkes Bay Denis O'Reilly, social activist and essayist, is a great storyteller. Here is...
Stop Wasting Time
Stop Wasting Time
61% of working Americans say they don’t have enough time to do the things they want to do. Everyone...
Choices
Winding Up Wellbeing
I recently wrote about the importance of personal wellbeing in sustainable peak performance. We need to take care of...
Wellington
One for Wellington
I’m in Wellington New Zealand this week for two monster rugby games, the British and Irish Lions...
banana
Banana Rescue? Shoes That Grow? Why Didn’t...
Some ideas are staring us in the face, but it takes a sideways glance to remove their...
RotaryNewmarket
I’ve Been Asked to Make This Thanks...
This week I spoke at a lunch for Newmarket Rotary, a service organization in an established Auckland...
future technology
Full Speed Ahead
The impact of technology on modern living is mind-blowing. Tom Trezise, an expert in accelerating innovation in...
VinceLombardi
Leadership by Lombardi
Leadership is a mix of qualities, and a building of character. One thing I advise students of...
MikeHoskingNewstalkZB
Breakfast Interview with Mike Hosking
Yesterday I had the pleasure of  talking with NewstalkZB's Mike Hosking, New Zealand's #1 broadcaster, for a rapid-fire...
Samoa
“The Best Way to Prepare for a...
Ian Foster, assistant coach of the All Blacks, said something today which caught my eye ahead of...
instant translation artificial intelligence
Tipping Talking Point
Artificial intelligence is many things: logical, useful, scary, efficient, marginalising, shocking, exciting, wonderful. An area where I...
Face Time vs working remotely
The Value of Face Time
About 25% of all US employees work remotely and according to a Gallup study the most engaged...
Lovemarks Kevin Roberts
A Short History of Paper
True innovation is irreplaceable. Innovation makes our life easier – it changes our worlds. Here are five...
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sergeant Pepper at 50
The Summer of Love, June 1967. 50 years ago. My daughter Nikki was born on June 24....
Denis O'Reilly and John Wareham
Wakatika Ora and the Tribe of Nga...
Putting the brakes on substance addiction is a hard, constant and worthy battle. Drug addiction rips the...
Automation vs Empathy
The Future of Work Is Philosophy
The future of work is a hot topic these days. Research here indicates almost half of U.S....
redrose-consulting -Choir Nation
Sing Your Heart Out
One of my eccentric friends has this infrequently-visited obsession to get companies to sing. It’s a twist...
Wont You Be My Neighbor
This Week in New Orleans and Manchester
Poet, friend, Robin Dyke writes:   Won’t You Be My Neighbor If wishes were helpers, how we’d...
Manchester, Mark Nelson
Manchester
“The bloody scene is bloody sad. The bloody news is bloody bad.” Manchester poet John Cooper Clarke...
A Black Day
A Black Day
A black day for Manchester. And for Humanity.
redrose-consulting
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Ten years ago I picked up a story book – aimed at kids four-nine, by Carol McCloud...
War Paint Broadway
Putting Life Onstage, But Bigger
Broadway is a blast. From the frothy tour de force of Bette Midler in "Hello Dolly" to...
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Brief Book, Big Message
ROI – Return on Investment – is one of the epic idea-killers in the corporate playbook. Initiatives...
American Gods
American Gods Shines, Sparks
Is this the edgiest show on television? From the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman of the same...
Lancaster University
Winning Attitudes at Lancaster MBA
For several years I have been coaching MBA students at the Lancaster University Management School, ranked in...
Blackpool Museum Project
Winning Hearts and Minds in Blackpool
Museums are an essential part in bringing art, culture and history to people. Unfortunately visitor numbers have...
Tears of Joy emoji
Emoji Face Heart and Hand
Did you know that there’s a new school of academic and corporate research dedicated to studying emoji...
CEO Genome Study
CEO Genome Project (Part 2)
Last week I wrote about the CEO Genome project by leadership advisory firm ghGmart. The #1 trait...
MyFoodBag Fresh Start
450 Calories and Less
The need to slim down is a health imperative for the majority of people in most of...
KR&Jake
Unfiltered – Disrupting Business Education
Unfiltered is a rapidly growing New Zealand startup focused exclusively on business education. Today I joined its...
CEO Genome Study
Assess Decide Execute
I lean heavily on the BQ factor – “Bloody Quick.” In my book 64 Shots: Leadership in...
TheLakesDistillery
There’s a Brew Going Down at The...
Part of the Cumbrian food and taste experience, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, is...
NZ Rugby World Cover
Why Are the All Blacks So Good?
I’ve written for NZ Rugby World every month since issue number one, 20 years ago in April...
DougMyers
A Lion Has Passed
At 6.30am on a wintry, cold 1989 Toronto morning, two partners of Egon Zehnder knocked on my...
Laura Kimpton LOVE Monumental Word Sculpture
I Love Laura
Laura Kimpton is a California-based, American contemporary artist. She is known for her Monumental Word series including...
CricHQ
CricHQ Shortlisted for UK Sports Tech Award
CricHQ is the world’s leading data company, with the goal of becoming the world’s leading cricket broadcaster....
DuoroRiver
Making Happy Choices
Am in Porto, the great river city of Portugal, with two great companies – Sonae, speaking to...
Stress
Here’s How to Destress
In today’s crazy world, stress levels can go through the roof. 24x7 internet and mobiles, no time...
Restaurant
If You’re Visiting the Lakes This Spring/Summer…
I have a home on the Fells above Grasmere, one of England’s most beautiful villages, on Greenhead...
Spread Your #lovein3words
Revlon have done a loving thing. On the Oscars broadcast they launched The Love Project. Lady Gaga,...
Shawnigan
“. . . With Heart & Humor”
My friend from yore Robin Dyke, poet and professor from Victoria in British Columbia, came with me...
DoItForDenmark
For F***’s Sake
In 2011 I was giving a keynote speech at a major economics conference in Spain. The country...
teenagers
In Defense of Teenagers: It’s Not Their...
Everything you wanted to know about teenagers but were afraid to ask (apologies to Woody Allen for...
Tom Brady and Richie McCaw
The New England Patriots and Mental Toughness
How did Tom Brady and the New England Patriots comeback after being down 21-3 in the first...
Tavis Smiley
Justice Is the Translation of Love
One of the great pleasures of American current affairs television is its principled partisanship. Fox is right...
Manchester
Manchester McMansion
Manchester is the nearest big city to my Grasmere hideaway. It’s home to my beloved Manchester City...
Edgework
Risky Business
Is a life without risk worth living? Looking at the recent “adrenaline-themed” issue of lifestyle magazine Kinfolk,...
Gut Feelings
In Praise of Gut Feeling
Mr. Spock vs. Captain Kirk. Sherlock Holmes vs. Dirty Harry. Obama vs. Trump. Readers of this column...
Conqa
Crazies Leading in London
London Stock Exchange – March 10 – I’ll be opening the London Leadership Summit for Conqa, a global...
Number of Americans killed by displayed in a chart
Reality Check #2: Where the Killing Comes...
The motivation behind the presidential order to reject people seeking to enter the US from Iraq, Syria,...
Where does output purchased in the US come from graphic
Reality Check #1: Globaloney
America, it is said, is in a post-truthful state of mind. Anything can be asserted as a...
James Kerr Legacy
Mental Toughness at the Super Bowl
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots just won their most incredible 5th Super Bowl. Every time...
Bob Latham
The Power of Presence
Technology is embedded in modern living, and these days our magic mobile phones run our lives. This...
Millennial Myths
Four Millennial Myths
An 85 page report by Mizuho Securities shines a light on four millennial ‘Assumed Facts’. 1. Myth...
2016 Rocked, 2017 Will Be Even Better
2016 Rocked, 2017 Will Be Even Better
Some Reasons 2016 Rocked (from a cool list of attributed news story facts published by political economist...
Threats to Humanity in 2017
The Bad News
According to the World Economic Forum, the greatest threats to humanity in 2017 are: Donald Trump (oops –...
YPO New York
New York Stand Up
New Yorkers are a tough crowd, right? Straight talkers, business builders, deal makers, fast movers. I had...
Kevin Roberts with Tom Keene
With Tom Keene on POTUS
My favorite morning hour is with Tom Keene, the rambunctious host of Bloomberg Surveillance. This morning, no...
Group Of Children Sitting In Mall Using Mobile Phones, TQ
(IQ+EQ+TQ+BQ)CQ
Mastering this equation leads to a productive business – and life. TQ is your Technology Quotient. Do...
5 VUCA books
5 VUCA Books
Here's a guest KR Connect post from Michael Davies, a Lancaster Royal Grammar School history teacher and...
2017 Predictions - Sporting Victories
2017 Predictions #4: Sporting Victories
The Six Nations will be the most hotly contested and unpredictable series of games for years. Four...
Amazon Echo and Google Home
2017 Predictions #3: Siriously Alexa
Of all the AI, VR, TMT and HOT innovation acronyms, STI will make the biggest impact. For...
Donald Trump
2017 Predictions #2: Trump Will Triumph
He won - Donald Trump. The transition appointments show his intention for a muscular America, bristling with...
Brexit
2017 Predictions #1
If you thought last year was crazy, put on your seat belts for 2017. Here are three...
PT Prophet Podcast by Hayden Wilson
PT Prophet Podcast
Hayden Wilson is an Aussie, based in Melbourne, who has created an influential network of personal trainers...
Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork by Richard Brautigan
Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
January 4 3 I’ve started off with a mistake but I’ll try to get better and put...
Best Leadership Books of 2016
Best Leadership Books of 2016
Here's a nice way to close out the year. 64 Shots features in Leadership Now's best books...
Retail
Retail Physics
Online shopping is on a roll. Today around eight-in-ten Americans are online shoppers. 79% have made an...
St Peters Church
Restore a church
Many years ago – 1999 – I spoke to the clergy of the Christchurch Diocese in St...
The Beatles Lyrics by Hunter Davies
I read the news today – oh...
Christmas looming… my favourite gift for giving – ‘The Beatles Lyrics’ by Hunter Davies. The stories behind...
Amazon Go
Amazon Go: Just Walk Out
‘No lines, no checkout. (No, seriously.)’ I like where Amazon is headed at it punches further into...
Power Without Pylons Cumbria
Protecting one of England’s most dramatic natural...
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the most influential Romantic poets. He was born in Cumbria and...
The Reform Club
The Reform Club 11 January
I’ve had the honour of addressing many and varied audiences in some of the world’s most stunning...
Loveworks Retail Bags
Shopping the Future
Worldwide retail sales hit $24 trillion last year, not exactly small beer. The massive retail business is...
Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust
Jonah Lomu Legacy
The global Rugby community came together last Thursday in the Winter Marquee on Finsbury Square in the...
Accenture Interactive's Love Index
Accentuating Love
12 years on from writing Lovemarks: the Future Beyond Brands, Accenture Interactive – a branch of the...
Nick Farr Jones
Finders, Minders, Binders and Grinders
In the 1990’s I became very close to Australia’s finest athletes as Castlemaine Perkins in Queensland, one...
Leonard Cohen
Death of a Ladies Man
One of my heroes passed away today. 82 years young. Songwriter. Poet. Dreamer. Artist. Leonard Cohen. I...
Donald Trump
2.50am. Trumpland. USA.
Time to take the advice from Monty Python’s Eric Idle Some things in life are bad They...
Jack Reacher A Novel By Lee Child
Lee Child – Night School
A red letter day. The new Jack Reacher book is on my desk. Night School – Lee...
Diego Masciaga
Diego the Maestro
Masciaga not Maradona. The best restaurant leader in the World. At the best restaurant in the World....
Inspired in Dubai
Inspired in Dubai
I first visited the Middle East in 1972 with the Gillette Company pioneering New Product entries into...
Shingles Emoji
Get a Shingles vaccine
A great couple of weeks (speaking to a conference in Dubai, teaching at the American University there...
Business Response to Brexit is Export
Export to the World
The Institute of Directors annual conference is the premier business event in the UK, held last month...
My Food Bag Crew
My Food Success
My Food Bag team Cecilia Robinson, James Robinson, Kevin Roberts, Nadia Lim, Theresa Gattung and Carlos Bagrie....
Bob Dylan
The Bard Of Hibbing, Minnesota
The Nobel Prize committee surprised the world on October 13, selecting an American author for the first...
Leonard Cohen and John Pine
Old Timers
2 of my favorite storytellers have new albums out. Leonard Cohen's "You want it darker" is teasing...
Kevin Roberts and Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres RIP
A great leader passed last week. Shimon Peres served as president of Israel, prime minister, two times...
I Know This To Be True Books
I Know This To Be True
A new book out in New Zealand which must find its way into your life. I know...
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
The Church Of Reverend Bruce
Got my copy of Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography. Am getting drenched in words, experiences, emotions....
Kevin Roberts speaking
20 Shots
It doesn’t get better than being on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Thanks to my friends...
Crime shows Gomorrah and Marseille
Must See Euro Crime Shows To Binge...
Gomorrah – series 2 now out – brilliantly real life grimy documentary – like Naples underworld story....
BIBAS speeches
BIBAS In Blackpool
Blackpool was the place to be last Friday night. The Famous Blackpool Illuminations lit up the Promenade...
All Blacks Kieran Reid
Groundhog Day
Last Sunday I wrote about a day to remember as my two favorite sports teams, the All...
Massimiliano Fuksas
Emotional Architecture
When you drive La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, less than a mile away from Sunset is...
All Blacks and Manchester City Wins
A Day To Remember And Savor
The All Blacks ran riot in the second half of the Hamilton Test against Argentina – scoring...
Ann Tisch
Twenty Years And Thousands Of Lives
My friend Ann Tisch is an American hero. Ann is President and Founder of the Young Women’s...
football
The Beautiful Game
Well, today’s the day.  For the first time in almost 50 years, I have no-one to answer...
Motorbike smokeout
Special People. Special Learning.
My business education took off when I was 25 years old and was fortunate enough to convince...
Hand
When Times Are Tough
A friend, Nick Miaritis, reminded me of Theodore Roosevelt’s wise words. It is not the critic who...