Fast forwarding 15 years from research I previously had started looking at Optimism and the New Venture Creation Process……

In 2011 I wrote an academic paper entitled Entrepreneur Optimism and the New Venture Creation Process with my colleague and friend Dr Amanda Gudmundsson. Despite this being published and was also a topic that I presented at two conferences, a change in career direction meant it was neglected and ultimately forgotten. The time feels right to update it and this blog serves to support that process.

• The P/PC Balance
  Going back and reading books from ones past is a great exercise especially if there has been a significant time gap between reads. That gap will also mean that you… Read more: The P/PC Balance
• Longpath – connecting the past to the future
  I came across a recently published book by Ari Wallach called Longpath, which he describes in the title as “an antidote for Short-Terminism”. A great summary of the book can… Read more: Longpath – connecting the past to the future
• Optimism & the New Venture Creation Process…
  In 2011 I wrote an academic paper entitled Entrepreneur Optimism and the New Venture Creation Process with my colleague and friend Dr Amanda Gudmundsson. This was published in the Journal… Read more: Optimism & the New Venture Creation Process…
• Social Media Distancing
  With so much news available, sorting fact from fiction is a real challenge. The term fake news’ despite it often being overused and misused by some well-recognsied people, does have… Read more: Social Media Distancing
• The Power Inside Us
  History has proved that our species has evolved and developed in ways that no other species on the planet appears to have. from our early origins, the inane ability of… Read more: The Power Inside Us
• An Offer of Help
  The events we currently face, mean that we all need to pull together and help each other. There are so many of us facing complete disruption to not only our… Read more: An Offer of Help
• Managing Change
• Begin with the end in mind!
• First Impressions
• Focus
• Multitasking
  “We know that multitasking is a myth. When we multitask, we just shorten the amount of time that we give to each task. Technology doesn’t liberate. People do. We have… Read more: Multitasking
• Why is the world so angry?
  I had a recent experience which really caused me to stop and reflect on why the world we live in seems to be full of angry people. However, rather than… Read more: Why is the world so angry?
• Blindspots
  “The blind spot in the twentieth-century toolkit of economics and management can be summarised in a single word: consciousness.” Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies; Otto… Read more: Blindspots
• Let me embrace NZ and Australia
  Being a New Zealander living in Australia is always interesting whenever there is a spoting event where both countries are competing against each other. Yesterdays world cup cricket final was… Read more: Let me embrace NZ and Australia
• Keys to Action – Business Planning & Action
  There is some evidence that suggests that the relevance and importance of business planning is not always clear and understood. If you are driving to a location that perhaps you… Read more: Keys to Action – Business Planning & Action
• Keys to Action – Understand Your Customer
  How well do you understand your customer? What is the value you are providing to you customer, or indeed, the pain you are solving for them? Despite the fact that… Read more: Keys to Action – Understand Your Customer
• Never loose sign of the importance of people in your business!
  Businesses are simply clusters of people. We have staff, customers and suppliers. Despite the fact that these are often organisations don’t forget that these organisations exist as much as anything… Read more: Never loose sign of the importance of people in your business!
• Keys to an Action Orientated Business
  What do we mean by an action-orientated business? There is no doubt that business planning is important to the success of a business venture, however too often planning either gets… Read more: Keys to an Action Orientated Business
• The Lawn Mowing Plumber
  Entrepreneurship reveals itself in many different ways. I ran into an enthusiastic young man over the weekend who had great delight in sharing his story of his newly established lawn… Read more: The Lawn Mowing Plumber
• Expect the unexpected
  Today’s earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, reinforce the need to be prepared and indeed, to expect the unexpected. Sucessful ventures, as much as they can be, should be prepared for… Read more: Expect the unexpected
• Entrepreneurial emergence in Australia
  The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, QUT is conducting the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence research project, or CAUSEE. It is Australia’s largest nascent entrepreneurship research project. The project provides… Read more: Entrepreneurial emergence in Australia