The value of pub work

The value of pub work

Last week I started a new job.  It was not a job I expected to be returning to after over 20 years but these are strange times we are living in.  I use the word “job” quite loosely – paid volunteering may be a more realistic term.  I have started...
#hcsmeu

#hcsmeu

Let us take a trip down memory lane.  Let us go back a decade to the end of the 2000’s in the early days of pharma social media.  These were challenging times but also incredibly exciting.  Social media was starting to take off and offering huge opportunities to...

Bear with me – I’m revamping

Something new is coming I have now been writing this blog for many years and during that time I have not updated or re-branded this website. This was partially because for many years it served its purpose as was – somewhere to host my blog posts – but...
The death of a brand

The death of a brand

This week I popped up to London for a bit of sightseeing and to catch up with friends from my McKinsey days. A trip to London is also never complete with a visit to my favourite shop – Karen Millen on Oxford Circus. Sadly this will have been my last visit to the...

Life is like a mountain

Last weekend, after nearly 9 years of living in Switzerland, I finally made it to Zermatt to see the famous Matterhorn.  It was of course stunning, but it also got me thinking how life is a bit like a mountain. At first it seems like this huge insurmountable obstacle,...