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Black or White?
Greetings my Loyal Reader! It’s been a while, how the devil are you? Me? I’m good, thanks. Clearly, posting regularly will join the list of well-intentioned resolutions… Oh, why am I posting now? I’ll say this very quietly….. I’ve had a really enjoyable year. I know, you’re turning off in your drove(!) – but I [...]
Reasons to be cheerful
An upcoming CBI report will herald a shift in working attitudes and practices. At last. Why it has to take Meltdown for us to realise that, only far more accomplished students of the human condition than I can answer. Business should be simple. Sell more than you buy is a pretty good start. The CBI [...]
In ? We Trust…
Please fill in your own (non-religious) blank. Sweeping generalisations follow. No qualitative research, studies or substantive figures have been troubled in the making of this picture… It may come as a surprise to you, but we face a crisis of confidence. In fifteen years of being a consultant I have never felt the degree of trepidation [...]
Our People are our Greatest Asset?
5.10pm At my post, headphones on I’m moved to write, feeling somewhat inadequate. My scratchings are brought to you from exactly the same alphabet that Paddy McAloon uses. How can that be? Anyone that can write a pop tune that starts, ‘I look around me, and I see Folks leading more constructive lives than me’ [...]