My Latest Postings
My 2020 Theatre Diary – January
This is an open monthly blog with a running roundup of shows I’ve seen throughout the year.
My Top 10 Shows of 2019
A recap of my favourite shows of the year.
Turnarounds – Fixing an ailing business
The challenges and the exciting opportunities to lead a business turnaround.
Relaunching Maple Leaf Consultants
I first launched myself as a consultant back in 2012 when I had the opportunity to go into a specialist publishing company on the invitation of the CEO to help him propel his business into a new phase of growth. I wrote this blog at the time to describe my excitement...
Start-ups and Publishers – a guide to successful dating
I recently spent a sunny Spring Sunday at the excellent LBF Digital Minds Conference in London, and one of the events that made it worth being indoors was a session that brought together representatives from two start-up companies and two book publishers to talk about...
The changing world of digital books
The evolution of digital technologies is provoking lots of change in the book industry with a revolution in the fundamental forms of the product and the way that they are distributed. Every part of the old value chain is being affected, offering huge challenges to...
Launching Maple Leaf Consultants
I recently had the opportunity to go into a publishing company on the invitation of the CEO to help him propel his business into a new phase of growth. At first glance the business appeared to be very successful: revenues were growing year-on-year, its products are...