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RB is creating the leaders and entrepreneurs of the future

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Reckitt Benckiser does not only produce great household and pharmaceuticals products: we are also create leaders and entrepreneurs for the future – and in some cases the leaders of the present. In Wednesday’s edition of the London Evening Standard there was an interview with Nick Varney, the CEO of the Merlin Entertainments Group. The Merlin Group [...]

Opportunities and challenges of working for RB Information Services

Friday, February 12th, 2010

In my first blog I said the Information Services (IS) department at Reckitt Benckiser is similar to what many companies call IT but it is not the same. I also told it is very EXCITING to work for IS at Reckitt Benckiser. Today I’m going to tell WHY it is so exciting! If when you [...]

How RB is helping discover the soccer stars of the future

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Last month, a group of South African boys were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The 12 best soccer stars of the Dettol Shona Khona program had the chance to go to Brazil for a memorable week of specialised soccer coaching, life skills, development workshops and educational and culturally enriching tours of Sao Paulo city.   In this ‘international’ Shona Khona video [...]

A week in South Africa with the Big Five

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

From October 5-9 I was in South Africa for the 2009 IS Developing Markets Conference. Developing Markets is one of the three geographical regions where Reckitt Benckiser operates (the other two are Europe and North America and Australia) and it encompasses all countries outside Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand where RB is present. As [...]

The “Extra Degree”: Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

After a few weeks in Brazil, I am back in the UK again. And this week I want to provoke you! I want to make you think in a different way. I want you to think the RB way.   A couple of weeks after I started working at Reckitt Benckiser, my boss called a meeting [...]