In the late 1960’s, singer and actress Marianne Faithful became Mick Jagger’s muse. In the years that followed, the Rolling Stones released some of their most successful and iconic songs – Wild Horses, Sympathy for the Devil, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Of course the concept of a muse is not confined to…

A few weeks ago I was in Bangkok, working with Hire a Hubby, one of the country’s fastest-growing franchise groups.  Over three days I presented a keynote, facilitated an interactive marketing workshop and hosted a best-practice panel — my favourite combination for a conference. During the workshop I got the ‘hubbies’ to calculate their ‘3 x…