The credit crunch shrank interest rates significantly to the dismay of millions of borrowers who followed the advice of professionals or saw the risk without external influence.

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Leadership is not therefore the domain of the few, but of anyone who is willing to embark on the inner journey of authenticity and vulnerability, who will refuse to grow complacent even when the external markers of success, status, influence and power begin to accumulate.

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The findings, which were presented at the Australian Neuroscience Society in Melbourne last week, and reported in New Scientist, gives hope that external factors may have an influence on the development of the disease in humans.

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But there is also a second revolutionary influence at play: technologies that are external to the industry, particularly telecoms and computing.

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If countries perceive themselves as brands, they can better influence the dialogue about their role in the world by both internal and external audiences.

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The new ranking takes a unique look at a controversial issue: whether having external, visible influence and thought leadership is a necessity for CMO success.

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But the Lord Chief Justice's principal private secretary Laurene McAlpine has said courts must act without external influence.

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The trouble with a diagnosis based on conviction rather than measurement is that it is vulnerable to external influence.

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While unconscious bias, overt sexism and external obstacles still exist for women, from my stance one of the biggest obstacles to greater influence, power and impact is still ourselves.

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