Philip Ammerman

My youngest daughter was born some 17 years ago, making her a strong member of Generation Z. She is sophisticated, hard-working, socially attuned and very polite. So polite, that I had for some time become aware that my more memorable 54-year-old utterings were met with a polite but amused incomprehension.   For example, when I rolled out my Germanic accent to say:   “I’ll be back”   or   “Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their vimen”  

Navigator Consulting & Innovation Partners is expanding its activities in the Greek energy sector and is currently recruiting a Business Development Coordinator for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), based in Athens. The role will focus on identifying potential customers across sectors such as renewable energy, industry, healthcare, logistics and commercial infrastructure, while supporting outreach campaigns, technical briefings and proposal preparation for energy storage

From my apartment in Limassol I have a direct view of the sea lanes and airspace around Akrotiri. Watching some of the international media coverage of the recent drone incident, one might assume Cyprus is suddenly in the middle of a war zone.   The reality on the ground looks rather different.   Here is what we actually know so far.   Early Monday morning a drone reportedly struck inside RAF Akrotiri. No material damage has been reported, and there has been no reliable inform

For the past 5 years, when people ask me how I am doing, my standard response has been “I’m exhausted.” And it’s true. As an entrepreneur and business owner managing multiple initiatives, rest and recovery time has been severely lacking.   Thinking about this earlier this morning—the constant fatigue, the continual movement from country to country, and the fragmentation of each day into tens or hundreds of decisions and communications—got me thinking about three attributes an

I was sorry to read in the Financial Times that Hindenburg Research is closing shop. At a time where almost no mainstream financial media ha

A combined Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! With the end of the formal work year I've been hit by a tremendous wave of...

It’s really clear across multiple sectors that we are between two capital cycles. Central banks are starting to reduce interests rates.

I've recently written a brief analysis of the Cake motorcycles. Cake was probably the leader in the European electric motorcycle market....

I stay in a lot of hotels each year. Some of these stays are planned; some occur by chance. Regardless of the country, one common factor...

When on vacation, you tend to see things more clearly. What I see very clearly is the tremendous stupidity of attention-seeking idiots...

The Financial Time has a brilliant Lunch with the FT interview with Timothy Snyder, the Yale historian whose "Making of Modern Ukraine"...

This post may sound a little bit naïve, but here it goes. I’m on vacation in Vienna: we arrived yesterday, walked around, slept, etc. and...

Martin Wolf has a typically thoughtful article in the Financial Times on the benefits of a land value tax (Sunday, 6 February 2023). In...

Yesterday (Saturday) was not a great day. Exhaustion caught up with me, as did the strain of having to make some major decisions. And...

Bloomberg Law sent samples of baby food distributed in the United States to chemical laboratories for testing. The results? Baby food in...

I'm surprised at the arrogance shown by Bloomberg’s Editors to call the Democratic Party “out of touch” in its 8 November editorial. ...

Like many others, I’ve been watching the UK Gov meltdown with astonishment. Part of this is a sourcing issue: 3 of 9 mainstream media I...

For some years now, I've been wondering if economic statistics reflect reality. At least, reality as experienced by business managers and...

Today President Putin announced a partial call-up of 300,000 reservists, and repeated his threat on the use of nuclear weapons. I have...

Matthew Karnitschnig published a logically absurd article in Politico on September 8th. Entitled “Putin's attack on democracy is working....