Recent Blogs.- MUCKING UP CHRISTMAS December 9, 2019A little while ago my wife was selected to sing that unaccompanied first verse of “Once in Royal David’s City”. The church was in darkness and a long silence descended before her voice rang out clear, confident and thrilling. An hour before she’d stared at me as I wished her good luck and she said:-“If […]
- WHY CAN'T WE GET ON BETTER? December 2, 2019Despite the calls to unite the country and bring people together I don’t see it happening nor do I think it should. Maybe we should recognise that we are designed to argue and disagree.Most of the enthralling works of fiction involve conflict. The best music in operas is in those with the most depressing plots. […]
- ABOUT STICKABILITY November 25, 2019There’s general agreement amongst the great and the good that the most important element in a successful life is resilience. JK Rowling spun this idea neatly by saying her success was built on a solid foundation of being at rock bottom. Nelson Mandela put it like this:-“Do not judge me by my success, judge me […]
- NARRATIVE MATTERS November 18, 2019The meeting rooms of the business world are full of executives talking about their “story” and the “narrative flow” from one set of results to another. Often their version of events sounds like a child accused of telling “stories”. Stories are the PR versions of the truth; spins on selected facts. As an ex-advertising man […]
- ANY CHANGE? November 11, 2019On the anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down 30 years ago, let’s reflect on how radically our world has changed. In 1989 we still smoked wherever we wanted certainly in restaurants – just imagine. The Dow Jones averaged 2,510 whilst on Friday night, November 8th 2019 it closed at 27,681 – a mighty change.But […]
- MUCKING UP CHRISTMAS December 9, 2019