Welcome to Episode #3, Season 2026, of Don’t Waste a Good Recession. Here’s a fun (slightly weird) fact: Most of the world’s tallest buildings open… during recessions. The Empire State Building: opened during the Great Depression. The World Trade Center: early 1970s downturn. The Petronas Towers: Asian Financial Crisis. The Burj Khalifa: Global Financial Crisis....
How do we own the uncertainty? Stephen Covey's Circles of Control framework helps small business owners focus on what they can control, influence, and choose to be concerned about during an economic downturn.
Welcome back, to the first episode in the 2026 Season of Don’t Waste a Good Recession. For those unaware, I spent many years 2008-13 travelling the world delivering presentations on responding to the Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession, and then also helped businesses through the Coronavirus Recession with this key message: You can Thrive,...
Back by Populist Demand Welcome to the Trump Dump, let’s be sure to seize this opportunity together. A Brief Background If you weren’t around when I started business coaching 20 years ago, you may not know I spent 2008-2013 speaking in the UK and Australia about the unfolding global financial crisis – and most importantly, the...
That’s Not a Typo: You Need to Start Making Different Choices DATELINE: Osaka, Japan This week I had lunch with one of my favourite Alumni Clients, here in Japan. Was it luck that drew two awesome people to the same city at the same time? Or was it manifestation? As you can tell from my...
Are you Unconsciously Incompetent? DATELINE: BRISBANE AUSTRALIA Happy Friday A big THANK YOU to everyone who shared my newsletter last week, or made an introduction to another business owner they know. The more people I meet with at the moment, the clearer it becomes how much uncertainty exists for small and medium size business owners. We’re not yet...
