‘Your Concerto is Worthless and Unplayable, Mr Tchaikovsky.’

The Russian composer Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) dedicated his brilliant first piano concerto to the eminent pianist Nikolai Rubinstein. When it was completed in February, 1875, he played the piece for Rubinstein.

Not one word was said – absolute silence… I got up from the piano. ‘Well?’ I said. Then a torrent burst [...]

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11 of the Dumbest Business Decisions Ever

We know that innovation involves taking risks.  Yet it often seems that the safe option is to turn down the risk.  However, turning down a risk is also a risk – the risk of losing an opportunity.  Just to remind us of how big that risk is we have here a list of some of [...]

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