There’s an eerie silence around me these days of my own doing. Maybe, I am wrong- hard to believe, I know- but even those I once loved and some with whom I lived are coming across being less than the sharpest tools in the shed. I am also seeing an appalling lack of inspirational leaders in every industry and with most having mediocre leadership skills and which means being surrounded by subservient hires to do their bidding. Something very important to our lives- creativity-

This isn’t “Cocoon”, no one can reverse the aging process and those in, let’s say, their fifties aren’t exactly stepping up because either they don’t have the leadership skills to turn things around or there’s some kind of old girls and old boys clubs hoarding who does what, meaning that very possibly some very good talent with ideas are shut out. Also shut out is the Hong Kong I love and remember when it was positioned as “Asia’s World City” and really did attract the world

I don’t know much about the gentleman, but having watched him interview Andre Agassi, one of my all-time favourite tennis players who brought so much colour and personality to the game including tie dyed cut-off jeans and a certain Rock’N Roll spirit to centre court, came the realisation that the interviewer was Anil Wadhwani, the 53 year old CEO of Prudential plc. What Prudential is doing for Hong Kong and Asia and the generations to come- read on to understand the insurance