Stuart Ballan

Businessman, dad, published author, cyclist

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Oct 26, 2023, 11:12 PM

The Israel/Gaza war explained in terms of football

Imagine it's Saturday, 7th October, and capacity crowds, spanning families of several generations, are watching 2 great football games, filling both Wembley Stadium in London, and Old Trafford in Manchester. You might be a spectator at one of the...

Jul 22, 2020, 1:31 PM

Care Homes Matter Too

It took an ageing mother, her move to a care home, and the challenges COVID-19 created for care homes, to make me understand how much care homes matter. I totally get it that the majority of people limit their interests...

May 19, 2015, 3:48 PM

Supermarkets to slow the ‘train of obesity’?

When a healthy salad costs 5 times more than a burger; when checkout counters tempt instant purchases of high sugar and fat confectionary, displayed at the eye level of 3 to 5 year olds; When your government could help more...

Mar 17, 2015, 3:26 PM

How I voted twice, today

Until very recently, the most powerful controlled the masses, and the journalists controlled what the masses thought. Worldwide events, good and bad, could be selectively reported. Or not. More recently, technology has levelled the playing field slightly, with forensics, voice...

Dec 17, 2014, 2:32 PM

IsrACTIONday: It’s not about the Bamba

With hundreds of charitable events taking place around the world every day, I didn't think I'd have either the need, nor the passion, to write about just one. Yet, when someone posts a badly researched (TOI) blog article; calls for...

Oct 5, 2014, 11:03 AM

‘Daily Yom Kippur will save our children’, vote irresponsible Israeli parents

Why do we allow our young kids to ride electric bikes, on (either side of) a main road, at up to 35kph, with no helmet, whilst talking or texting on the phone, and with a younger brother/sister, or a...

Aug 26, 2014, 1:10 PM

Russell Brand: Boycott or Interview?

With 12 flights in just 4 weeks, June was an unusually busy month for me. I was 10,704 km away from home on 12th June, when news of the kidnapping of 3 Israelis, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrach,...

Jul 24, 2014, 6:07 PM

Hear, O non-Israel !

For the next 84 seconds, listen and hear. (On iPhone, to play audio, click on the 00:00, bottom of article) Let me spell it out ...... 6am, 2nd August 2014, Herzelia, Israel The "waaah" - Sirens, warning Israeli citizens that Hamas launched rockets are...

Jul 19, 2014, 11:22 AM

Waaaaah, Waaaaah, Waaaaah – Babies or sirens?

Herzelia, Israel. Kindergartens, schools, beaches, sea, swimming, restaurants, bars, shops, quiet. Herzelia, Israel. Suburbia. Waaaaah, Waaaaah, Waaaaah. Two weeks ago, that was the "welcomed" sound of a hungry baby, crying. “Is the bottle ready?” Just two weeks ago, that was suburbia. Waaaaah, Waaaaah, Waaaaah. Herzelia, Israel....

Apr 26, 2014, 6:43 PM

I want to be a (Lottery Messenger) millionaire

An illustrative photo of a Mifal Hapayis lotto booth in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

With the Internet, gaming hopefuls can pursue their dream of striking it rich, wherever they may be

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About Me

Originally from England, Stuart Ballan moved to Israel in 1997. He has over 25 years business and B2B sales experience working in companies of every size, including his own. Stuart holds an MBA from the Kellogg-Recanati Executive MBA program and was the President of the Kellogg-Recanati Alumni Club from 2002 to 2012. He's dad to 2 great adult kids, and is the author of 2 children's books, with his first book selling 10,000 copies, here in Israel. He's also a keen off-road cyclist.

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