I’M sometimes asked who is the “greatest”, most “interesting” or most “inspiring” individual I’ve been fortunate to meet and interview. There is only one answer to all of those questions: Victor Watson. Victor died at the age of 86 on Wednesday. He was an incredible, wonderful man. I can’t begin to summon the kind of […]
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IT is 15 years since Allan Leighton left Asda to take up a portfolio of non-executive roles and famously coined the phrase that he was “going plural”. And over the last decade and a half he has displayed impressive judgement in picking the right roles and delivering value to his employers. He led the turnaround
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THE end of an era? Not really. But when I wrote my final column for TheBusinessDesk.com in January it was nice to get so many kind comments from readers. Or was it? People suggested they enjoyed reading my blogs every Friday morning but at the same time referred to my considered thoughts as “rants”, “ramblings”,
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