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Every hour I spend doing this ‘job’ I so love supports my belief that becoming an invincible leader does not come from chest-beating dominance. In fact, what I love about the extraordinary people I get to work with is that their strength comes from their humanity, their openness to admit…
#3 Reuse, Reinvent, Recycle - Nike did something magical with their Foundation. Instead of doing the expected thing and get involved in some philanthropic work connected to sport, they decided instead to apply the organisation’s ability to think really big against one of the world’s greatest problems – world poverty.…
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October
Three Gifts from Nike (part 2)
#2 Without Risk there is no Genius – when Nike decided to get into football, everyone thought they were crazy. Here was an upstart American company who new nothing about the world’s favourite game. But it was for the very fact that it IS the world’s favourite game, that Nike…
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October
Three Gifts from Nike (part 1)
Having written the previous blog, I was asked what I actually talked about in the Lancaster speech so thought I’d share a quick summary. (these are the last blog posts about Nike and then I promise to shut up about it…). So here they are, my 3 biggest gifts from…
10
October
JUST SAY YES
[2016] I was recently asked to give a speech to the current incumbents and alumni of Lancaster University's MBA program on the subject of 'Is there life after Nike?'. It's a fair question - having chosen to leave after 17 years many people questioned my sanity. What was I going…