Unknown [uhn-nohn] Origin of ‘unknown’: Middle English 1250-1300 adjective • not known; not within the range of one’s knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar • not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained • not widely known; not famous; obscure noun • a thing, influence, area, factor, or person that is unknown • Mathematics. a symbol representing…
Our Brighton Summit headline sponsors Cardens Accountants talk about the future of tax and how businesses must embrace the unknown when it comes to making tax digital. We felt this was a great topic to cover under “Embracing the unknown” as this is exactly what it is. HMRC, accountants and the general public are not yet…
Chamber member Simon Smyth, Director of Computer-Eyez, discusses how when it comes to the unknown individuals either sink or swim. Read about his tips on embracing the fear of the unknown in our blog. “The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.” – Simon Senek Whether…
Health food specialists Healthy Supplies will be supporting the Brighton Summit again this year, providing delicious snacks for all of our attendees. We caught up with Managing Director Tina Manahai-Mahai who discusses the company’s success and how as a business they must constantly embrace the unknown. 1. Tell us about Healthy Supplies and what…
Chamber Ambassador Susan Beckingham talks about how she embraces the unknown in her career as a copywriter. Read her top tips on how to get to grips with the unknown that faces us every day in business. See Susan’s full blog here: http://www.sussexcopywriter.co.uk/blog/embracing-the-unknown/
Embracing the difficult challenges she faced, Chamber Ambassador and Managing Director of Loch Employment Law Pam Loch writes about the way she pushes herself forward constantly, setting up her own business from a flat in London, a terrifying but exhilarating step into the unknown. I grew up on a rough council estate in Dundee, and dealt…
Hear from Chamber Ambassador Gordon Kay on how he embraced the unknown by ‘scanning for gold’ – combining science and art to profile high performance athletes during his time as Marketing Manager at Brighton & Sussex Medical School. See Gordon’s full blog here: http://www.tell-your-story-better.com/blog/
Chamber Ambassador Vanessa O’Shea writes about the way she has learnt to embrace the unknown by continually pushing herself to try new things, fighting so that she does not become the 9 out of 10 people who do not fulfil their dreams. Statistics say that 9 out of 10 people don’t fulfil their dreams. When…
Brighthelm Centre Director and Chamber Ambassador Rik Child talks about the way the Centre has continued to grow, taking on an environmental mission and in doing so, embraces the unknown The Brighthelm Centre is a centre of town venue that started life as a community centre, has also taken on an environmental mission and continues…
Chamber Ambassador Andy Winter, Chief Executive of Brighton Housing Trust, writes about how to face the future when there is so much currently unknown in the world. Death and taxes are the two certainties in life. All businesses need certainty. We need to understand the future so that we make the necessary plans. But so much…
Chamber Ambassador Richard Renson from Back2Balance discusses how after learning to embrace the unknown on a daily basis, he began to question if he had ’embraced the unknown, or had the unknown embraced me?’ I have spent many years leading teams of different people, with diverse skills, in quite varied businesses. From years in the catering industry,…
Chamber Ambassador Gerry Thompson from Positive Comedy writes about how he learnt to accept and embrace the unknown through his use of improvisation and humor, which he then used to create his own successful business. I would say that the most powerful experience I have had in terms of embracing the unknown has been learning comedy…
