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HYDE PARK CORNER — I had a run of texts from a politically obsessed British friend last week. “Have you heard the latest joke about Chris Christie?” I hadn’t. In fact I hadn’t even heard of Chris Christie. I was still catching up on the impossible rise and fall of Rick Perry (who I also hadn’t heard of a [...] Two guys, a garage and a plan LONDON — It’s been three fairly eventful years. I suspect you’d be hard pressed to look at the last 25 years and come up with three more volatile years in which to be in business. Able and How was born on 08 September 2008. If you look here you can see [...] MY HOUSE — I come from a family of journalists. And I think that’s a great thing. Naturally curious. Opinionated. Excellent at explaining complex things. Able to bring the world the news it needs. My grand-uncle help set up the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. My dad won awards for his work as a foreign correspondent. There’s a story that one of my rellies [...]
LONDON — Last night’s black-tie film premiere was a great chance to catch up with some people in the business. There were too many people to talk to properly, unfortunately. But some conversations I’ve been mulling over in my sleep. Quite a few senior people working in communications at the moment are in distress. I’m not saying it’s a [...] LONDON — I’ve just been reading about a company that offers “custom executive education” and does so very successfully around the world. It’s an interesting business. We were talking to the good people at BraveNewTalent about the subject yesterday. How do companies get talented people to learn and grow at / for the job? Just [...] LONDON — Last night there was an interesting recounting of a discussion in a television interview. It went roughly like this: “I asked him about his son and started to imply differences and he stopped me and he said… The exchange [...] LATE IN LONDON — We like lists and in recent times this blog may have been harder on Internal Communicators than is deserved. So here are a few things that you can do in a single day. They will advance your case, secure your reputation and make your organisation more successful. 1. Create a six month plan on one page Put [...] FITZROVIA – Batman Syndrome* is when you have achieved all sorts of fame and fortune, and regular life holds no challenges, so you start to do anti-social, dangerous things. In the case of Bruce Wayne it’s putting you knickers outside you tights and fighting crime. In the cases of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn [...] BY THE THAMES — I’ve been keenly watching one of my oldest friends, John Cowling, this week. He’s running for the 4th time as the Green Party candidate for the town of Stratford, Ontario in this year’s Canadian election. He is without a doubt one of the most interesting and amusing guys I have ever [...] |
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