Common purpose: an industry association?

BISHOPSGATE — I have just had a nice meal with a partner in the consultancy Totem Hill. They’re one of a few groups that we’ve been talking to about the “professionalisation” of our industry.

What does that mean? Apart from being worth a lot of points in Scrabble? Two things:

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Competition, fear and organisational communications

Sun’s up, uh-hun, looks okay,
And the world survives until another day,
And I’m thinking about eternity.
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold of me.

Had another dream about lions at the door,
They weren’t half as frightening as they were before,
And I’m thinking about eternity.
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold of me.

And I’m wondering [...]