I started working in the advertising game in the late 1970s and wow, has a lot changed in that time! I stopped working as an advertising and marketing professional in 2001 and these days I specialise in leadership development. But I am often asked by my clients for my opinion on their advertising and marketing initiatives. For our clients, my background in this area is a valuable bonus. As a business owner myself, with more than a passing...

A few days ago I was reminiscing about some of the old friends I had had in my youth. By old friends, I mean people who were in their 60s and 70s when I was a teenager. It occurred to me that this would make them all either centenarians or dead. I surmised the latter. This morning I discovered that one of my school headmasters had passed away in April this year. He hadn’t been one of the mentors I’d recalled, but he should have...