John C Taylor

My World


Business Life


I like to be very hands-on in my business.

I like to know all about what’s going on and how everything works.

It doesn’t say much for the leader of a business if they don’t know how all their products work!

There are several hundred patents to my name and I continue to invent with the Chronophage clock being one of my latest inventions, along with the Intelligent Pendulum.

My motto, learned from my mother, is “Think the Unthinkable”.

When someone asks you to do something, don’t think of all the reasons why you can’t do it.  Instead, think of all the reasons why you will do it.  That’s the ethos I’ve always embraced in business.

BBC TV North West ran a great report by journalist Kelly Foran that gave a succinct overview of my career to date.  You can see the report below.

Interesting Facts

Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.

Latest News

A Manx Royal Tale

A MANX ROYAL TALE A personal message from Dr John C Taylor OBE I was very sad to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann. I had enjoyed the great honour of meeting Her Majesty twice. Strix Ltd is the Manx company I set up in 1981 to manufacture the domestic electric kettle controls that I invented. With encouragement from the Manx Government, the company slowly became established, supplying famous UK brand names such as Swan, Morphy Richards, Philips and Russell Hobbs; initially, with controls that switched the kettle off when the water boiled… read more

Interesting Quotes

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Helen Keller