One of my new colleagues recently asked me what my greatest achievement had been through my career. It was a very simple question, and with a tech career spanning more than 30 years, you’d expect it should have been easy to answer, but I have to admit that I found it quite difficult. I could […]
An itch that wouldn’t go away After three years with the Tiguan it was time to change again and as nice as the Tiguan was, this time I wanted (needed) something a little more exciting. However, it still needed to be practical as despite the kids having their own cars at home, I needed something […]
Purple Flares and White Platform Shoes The Touareg was fast approaching its third birthday and a choice had to be made, does it stay, or does it go? There were a few other factors to take into consideration this time. Our kids had grown up and both had passed their driving tests, we had grown […]
Farewell Jags it was great while it lasted Picking up from where I left off with the last post. I’d run the Jaguar XK for a couple of years and whilst it was a hugely impressive car it wasn’t really very practical. For example, I couldn’t fit my golf clubs in the boot or very […]
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The Global Interview
Thrilled to join a group of fellow business leaders asked by The Global Interview to share a few of my professional and personal experiences. https://theglobalinterview.com/interviews-season-5/2020/3/2/stuart-lynn-non-executive-director-visiting-professor-founder-and-managing-director-of-stuart-lynn-consulting
Over the past twenty years I’ve worked with numerous scale-up businesses and regardless of sector, there are some common things that successful scale-ups do really well, and as you might expect there are some common challenges that most if not all scale-ups have had to overcome.
I have to say creating and running my own business has been somewhat different to what I thought it would be. It’s been a very interesting journey, I’ve worked with some great companies, I’ve met some great people, I’ve experienced the unpredictability rollercoaster, but most importantly I’ve continued to learn a lot from those I’ve […]
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Apple Card Coming Soon
Interesting #fintech development coming soon from #Apple apple.com/apple-card/ … super cool user experience (similar in many ways to #Revolut which is a great service especially if you travel) and “no fees” <cough> apart from all your enriched payment data which shows what you buy, where you bought it, how much you paid, how many times […]
Five years ago today I featured in the North East Times magazine when I worked as the Chief Technology and Information Officer at Sage.
I rediscovered this article yesterday when I was cleaning up my PC and spent a little time reflecting on some of the comments:
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Dynamites 2018
One of my favourite days of the year … tonight I’ll be joining a gathering of the good and the great of North East England’s tech industry to celebrate another year of awesome regional success. @dynamonortheast #dynamites18 #technortheast http://www.dynamonortheast.co.uk/events/dynamites18/
Stuart Lynn - Masters Athlete 