How I invest

by | 8 Apr 2022

INVESTMENT How I invest A successful investment strategy is one that gives you a good shot at meeting your goals while allowing you to sleep at night. I’m doing a short series of articles on investment. This is a vast topic and I don’t want to write a textbook. After...

You can’t always get what you want

by | 25 Mar 2022

TRANSITION You can’t always get what you want With loss of influence comes loss of control. Get used to it. And have a plan B. Last week I had a rude awakening: things don’t always go to plan. The Centre for Corporate Governance at London Business School had been a...

Should I invest in bitcoin? (And other questions)

by | 25 Feb 2022

INVESTMENT Should I invest in bitcoin? (And other questions) In a time of great uncertainty it’s important to remember that you probably have no investment skill, but that doesn’t mean you have to be incompetent. At the time of writing (early 2022), there’s a lot...

In praise of laziness

by | 8 Feb 2022

LIFE In praise of laziness Research suggests that wasting time isn’t as bad as it sounds. Productivity is the holy grail. Advocates of the ‘5am club’ extol the virtues of rising before dawn to get more done in the undisturbed early hours. Self-help classics like...

Have I lost my edge?

by | 25 Jan 2022

TRANSITION Have I lost my edge? As my main professional career recedes into the past, new priorities emerge. Before I left PwC, I was chatting with a colleague who said of my decision to retire early, ‘Aren’t you afraid of losing your edge?’. He went on to...