by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Jan 22, 2026 | Blog
Okay, forgive the clickbait-like title – and yes, I’m fully aware of all the possible connotations therein – and yes, a serious point is about to be made. It’s about more than equality; it’s also about foresight and how to prevent the perception of tokenism in...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Dec 22, 2025 | Blog
What’s the collective noun for a group of world-class telco consultants? A calling! 🤣 Ten years ago, in Dec 2015, a brand new mobile network operation from Reliance Industries Limited in India carried out a soft launch of their new service. They called it “Jio”,...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Oct 14, 2025 | Blog
Gunter Pauli on stage at Impact Day 2025 – photo credit: Rasmus Kooskora Visionary, speaker, entrepreneur, creator, futurist, and celebrated author of the ground-breaking book ‘The Blue Economy’, Gunter Pauli has been doing far more than wowing audiences – he’s...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Oct 10, 2025 | Blog
“You don’t need more time; you just need to decide!” – Seth Godin. Impact Day in conversation with Seth Godin By Jim Sharman, September 2025. (Originally published on the Impact Day blog page, October 1, 2025) With Impact Day 2025 just around the corner, we caught up...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
Purpose I’d realised, after reading The Red Hand Files by Nick Cave, that I had, ten years ago, seen his epic biographical film ‘20,000 Days On Earth’ and I sensed that my own 20,000th day on Earth was rapidly approaching. To celebrate my milestone, one so...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog, INSPIRE Starts With "I"
“You don’t know what you don’t know until you know it!” ~ Jim Sebastian Sharman I have spent a great deal of my career in the space of not knowing something…or at least – let me qualify – where either I or my clients are demonstrating a capability in something, but...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog, INSPIRE Starts With "I"
“In a race to the bottom, everyone loses. Instead, maintain the high standards that you value. Then motivate others to elevate theirs.” ~ Jim Sebastian Sharman Standard, principles, ethics, morals, red lines, etc. All of us have them – whether as parents, partners,...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog, INSPIRE Starts With "I"
“Change happens anyway. Make friends with it. Then make it work for you!” ~ Jim Sebastian Sharman The Introduction in my book, “INSPIRE Starts With I”, concluded with the idea of consistency. What better way to lead on from there than to address its opposite –...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog, INSPIRE Starts With "I"
“As a leader, in order to move forwards, sometimes you’ll need to turn the sword inwards.”~ Jim Sebastian Sharman I’ve believed for many years that attitude is a reflection of leadership. The team you lead is a reflection of you as their leader. Yes, there might be...
by Jim Sebastian Sharman | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog, INSPIRE Starts With "I"
“If we already knew everything we needed to know, how would we ever experience the joy of learning something new?”~ Jim Sebastian Sharman Think back for a moment to what it was like for you at school, at college, even at University – did it really prepare you for life...
