Myself and Adrian went along to an event run by Business Link at Chester Racecourse yesterday whose key note was presented by two series dragon from Dragon’s Den- Doug Richard.

He gave a very entertaining and quirky keynote that I’m sure not to forget for some time. I would throughly recommend going along to see Doug if you get the chance as he’s got a great style and some refreshing honesty.

The key lessons/advice that I liked was:

• Clean desk CEO: A CEO or boss who is doing a great job should have a clear desk and no problems. Every single aspect of the organisation should be being run by the person responsible for that function and the CEO should be leading the way.
• Be ruthless: If something isn’t working then change it, change it quickly and don’t support half measures.
• But not too ruthless: If something is working, don’t break it.