Chapter 11
Principle Nine: Bring Customers Inside
What Is in the Centre of Your Business’s ‘Map of the World?’
In mid-May 2016, I was in Amsterdam with colleagues from around the world. It was shortly before the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Although we – like the pundits – were expecting a ‘Remain’ vote at this point, they teased me that on my next visit to the Netherlands, I would need a visa. They rather rudely bantered to the effect that they doubted my chances of being admitted to the country!
And one of them went further: ‘Britain has to get used to the fact that it doesn’t rule the world anymore.’
I countered ...
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