BY THE THAMES — There’s an interesting article about Transocean in The Sunday Times last weekend (subscription required). Perhaps you read it?
I have been expecting something to come out, and certainly the implication is that we will hear a lot more about Transocean in the near future.
I am sure there’s a lot to say on that. [...]
PARSONS GREEN — There’s a lady in a business suit sitting reading The Guardian. The Media Guardian is tossed on the bench beside her. Untouched.
It’s maybe symptomatic of a larger issue. And then again maybe I am just getting old. [Cue rant.] Why do the media need sections dedicated to… the media?
I find myself hanging [...]
DISTRICT LINE — I love the way that the mainstream of public discourse can so easily reject different approaches as silly. I didn’t see the show on John Lewis last Wednesday — Inside John Lewis. A friend of mine did though. And he says they were painted as a bunch of numpties. [...]
KNIGHTSBRIDGE — We have worked on a couple of very prominent instances of this recently. Indeed we’re doing one now. And there’s one single message that has emerged as the most important:
Don’t invent symbolic events. Just look out for them.
Some of us (consultants) will happily tell you that a symbolic event is tremendously important in [...]
ON THE BUS — My friend Chris sent me a link to yesterday’s blog by Yahoo’s new CEO . He said even he was inspired, even though he didn’t work there. (Although if they were smart he would.)
It’s a good read. Not least because it’s a great example of how senior executives can use blogging [...]
LONDON — We think it’s time to talk about it. So next week we are going to run a free seminar on how to communicate bad news. If you would like to come, please drop us a note and we’ll tell you where it is being held and when. (First come, first serve.)
* Free Seminar *
HOW TO [...]
JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL — It’s only 830 in the morning and just sitting outside, waiting for the car, I have got a sunburn and my clothes are almost soaked through. You don’t mess with the weather out here.
You never know what the day holds in Dubai. Yesterday was rain. And I didn’t think they did rain in this part of [...]