“Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, in most cases, remain.”. So said Christopher Hitchens. I agreed with that quote. But now I have broken it. I am delighted to say my first book - Risk Roulette - will be published next month. This is why:

Delighted and humbled that @businessleader podcast has won audio journalism of the year at @Wincottfound Awards. This is just the start for @businessleader . A special thank you to our brilliant producer @AnouszkaTate.

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Incredibly proud and absolutely thrilled for the team that the @businessleader Podcast has been nominated for audio journalism of the year at the Wincott Awards, the Oscars of business journalism. The podcast is nominated alongside the BBC and Tortoise, two podcast powerhouses.

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What is the secret behind the success of @GreggsOfficial? Sausage rolls? Vegan rolls? No. According to chief executive Roisin Currie: "The magic of Greggs is our 33,000 colleagues". In latest @businessleader Podcast I went to Greggs HQ in Newcastle to find out more.

New issue of @businessleader magazine is out now - Fixing UK Plc. Features writing from me and the brilliant @Steven_Swinford, @szupingc, @edsmithwriter, @mrjakehumphrey, @SportandBeyond1, @Caspar_Lee , @scviz, @dougalshaw, @JDornbrack, @richard_harpin and @editor_Maguire

This week on the @businessleader podcast we spoke to @MachinStuart1 about the turnaround of @marksandspencer. What is the story behind the turnaround and the chief executive?. Part one.Part two.

You can find all our 2024 podcast episodes here.

The best business tips from 2024. LinkedIn is full of fluff and PR, so what are business leaders really doing to succeed? Me, @dougalshaw and @scviz got together for a special episode of the Business Leader Podcast. Apple. Spotify.

Brilliant column from @SportandBeyond1 on the power, or not, of belief in business and sport . "Is success as straightforward as just believing that it will happen? Of course the answer is no, but let’s dig a little into the dangers of flawed belief.".

How do you identify the radiators and drains in your life to perform at the highest level?. Performance = motivation x ability x opportunity. That is according to Dr John Blakey in our latest @businessleader masterclass.

Risk Roulette is up to number nine in the business book charts and is doing well in the US after its launch there . For anyone who hasn't got yet, here is a discount code for my social media followers to get 20% off. Use KOGANPAGE20 at

My top three insights of the week from global chief executives.

Delighted to have written again for @TeleBusiness, nine years after leaving. A look at Britain's bargain billionaires - the entrepreneurs who have built billion-pound discount retail chains in the UK and won over shoppers.

Chris Dawson, the founder of discount chain The Range, is in talks to buy Homebase shops. Dawson is 27th on @businessleader list of the billion-pound founders - the people who have built businesses in the UK worth more than £1 billion

Five practical ways that businesses are using AI already. Great stuff from @dougalshaw .

RT @edsmithwriter: My reading of Tony Blair's book on leadership, for @businessleader .

Latest Business Leader podcast: The rise of Huel with chief executive James McMaster. -It's unique recruitment tactics.-How it has succeeded in the US.-Marketing controversy with Steven Bartlett.-The next billion-dollar food brand?. Listen here:.

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