Thinking Moto

I’ve long appreciated the value of thinking, even in the most bizarre of places i.e. anywhere where you can’t get, or are not allowed, to access the internet. I read the following article in the Economist recently and I have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with what it says. I was reminded of it as I flew into Paris this morning from Zurich. As I climbed onto the back of my motorbike taxi I quickly drifted into the wonderful land of thought. It was bliss. Emails or corridor conversations couldn’t distract me, and I finally managed to think my way through the next big piece of work I need to complete sooner rather than later (how to increase a company’s sales by weaving analytics into marketing, sales and operations departments of a company simultaneously). Whilst I personally was physically motionless as the motorbike weaved its way from the airport to the police station (to pick up my estranged wallet that had been found 3 months after an unplanned parting of ways), on arrival I was struck by how much I’d actually managed to do. The even better news is that I’m now on the flight (the fourth in three days) that will take me home for the next 10 days – that block of time should allow me to put down on paper some of the thinking I managed to do this morning.