Phil Pickford

Admiral James Stockdale became a US Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War after he was shot down over North Vietnam. He spent eight years...

A few weeks ago, Treasury announced New Zealand’s Gross National Product for the June quarter – it was 0.9 per cent lower than the previous...

We seem to be bombarded with the word uncertainty in recent times. It’s often linked to that well-worn phrase “the only constant these days is...

Let me be frank, I have been on this earth for a while! Whenever I’m reminded of my age, or need to confront the fact...

Last year was a difficult time for business, across most industries. Much of my consulting time with clients was spent focusing on survival rather than...

Peter Drucker wrote the first book on business management titled The Practice of Management in 1954. Without him, management would not be a subject either...

Life can be confusing for small business right now.  In this information age it can be difficult to decide on who to believe.  In an...

Time management seems to me to be a paradox. While time can’t be altered in any way – we have what is given to us,...

We are seeing it far too regularly – our companies are in trouble. In New Zealand 97 percent of all companies can be described as...

Peter Senge is an American systems scientist who has lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for some decades. He is especially famous among management...