Fellow

The Saltire Experience......

James Murray — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:28:00 GMT

Two years ago, I was searching for my next career move. I had seven valuable years of experience working in global engineering companies BAE Systems and Mott MacDonald. I knew I wanted the challenge of setting up and growing a small company but I did...(read more)

Life after the Fellowship

Neil Campbell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:45:00 GMT

After spending the first 4 months of 2009 at Babson, and then the summer in the centre of Silicon Valley, it's been great being back in Scotland over the last 6 months. For the second Externship I joined an Edinburgh University research project looking...(read more)

The third step...

Simon Boyle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:34:00 GMT

Taking the first step was deciding to leave my job and do something else, way back in 2008. The second step was getting a place and completing my year on the Saltire Fellowship programme. The third step..? Ensuring the motivation for taking the first...(read more)

Saltire Fellowship - The Sequel

Ian Stevenson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:58:00 GMT

I'm really excited that the Saltire Foundation is now recruiting the next cohort for the Fellowship programme, and it's really interesting to hear about some of the changes that have been made to the arrangements for the next group! Hearing about...(read more)

Peet's in Palo Alto

Iain Mcdougall — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:22:00 GMT

Feels a little strange to back in the USA. But it's a good strange - it's so nice to be back. While on the fellowship last year, I travelled to florida - fulfilling a lifelong ambition to go see the space shuttle at Kennedy space centre and to...(read more)

Back in the USA

Jim Duffy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:17:00 GMT

I recall this time last year. A few of the Fellows went to a nice bar, had some great food and watched the SuperBowl. It's that time of year again and I am back here. Only this time, I am working. Having spent 3 months with ShawCor in Texas at Shaw...(read more)

As the dust settles...

Ian Stevenson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:59:00 GMT

The dust has settled on the Charter class of the Saltire Foundation Fellowship, and all 14 of us are now back to real life. Plans to recruit the next cohort of Fellows are already coming together, so I thought it was about time I posted an update to say...(read more)

And a Happy New Year...

Iain Mcdougall — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:39:00 GMT

Just think, almost 1-year ago it was as cold as it is right here in Scotland when the Fellow's hit Boston on the 10-Jan 2009. It's been an amazing year, so here's to yet another amazing year - All the very best everyone for 2010.... "It's...(read more)

Merry Christmas

Jim Duffy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Merry Christmas to all at the Saltire Foundation, the Fellows and the Undergrads......!!!!...(read more)

Totus tuus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt

Iain Mcdougall — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:22:00 GMT

To anyone is is not a scholar of Latin, the text simply means: "I am all Yours, and all that I have belongs to You." Simple words indeed - yet words with so much meaning in today's world. Today marks my first day of "official"...(read more)

Entrepreneurial Exchange Dinner

Jim Duffy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:27:00 GMT

It's been a busy week. Up and down to Aberdeen and meeting lots of new people in the energy sector within Scotland. The highlight of the week though has to be attending the Entrepreneurial Exchange Dinner at the Hilton in Glasgow. The Saltire Foundation...(read more)

Brightwork

Jim Duffy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:18:00 GMT

I've heard the business slogan - People, Processes and Tools. And d'ya know what? I think I understand what the originator of this statement meant now. At first, it appears as just another MBA piece of jargon: a soundbite. I've used it on...(read more)

Company Growth - Why its good to fail

Iain Mcdougall — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:34:00 GMT

If you ask any executive to list the top five moments their career took a leap forward — not just a step, but a leap — failure is always on the list. For some it was the loss of a job. For others it was a project gone horribly wrong. And for...(read more)

Down but definitely not out...

Iain Mcdougall — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:30:00 GMT

It’s a tough world out there at the moment. Especially if you are looking for work and that ever elusive “source of cash.” Don’t believe me – well the statistics speak for themselves: 1-in-5 young people under the age of...(read more)

Grameen Glasgow - now that is making it happen

Jim Duffy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:40:00 GMT

Glasgow Caledonian University or known locally as "Glasgow Caley" is moving into a different league. The courses it offers, the Saltire Centre, which is breathtaking, the regeneration work that has gone on has transformed this university into...(read more)