Conspiracy theories are nuts, right? (Not at work.)

LONDON — It’s fair to say that people who are deeply suspicious of… everything… have had a banner week.

The President of the United States of America released his birth certificate.  Why?
Friday’s Royal Wedding was staged to get a FIFA vote for a UK World Cup. Obviously.
OBL wasn’t really killed. Not this [...]

The world of work and the World Cup

SW6 — It’s been a really great World Cup.  I am watching it with some South Africans.  They were the ones saying it might be a train-crash of a tournament.  And now they’re proud.

And they’re suddenly feeling quite Dutch too.

Here are 5 things I have learned that also translate into the workplace:

1. The noisiest manager aren’t [...]

Live from Wimbledon final on Twitter

SOUTHWEST LONDON — We have been entering the lottery for Wimbledon for 10 years. And we got our first tickets this year. I just opened to see we are about 7 rows back, near the net. So it should be even better than I had hoped.

I’ll take my phone along and update Twitter on [...]

Why I want to be Poet Laureate

HOME — I do like to watch shows that I shouldn’t like. Or shows that seem like they’ll be good for you. And Ian Hislop’s Changing of the Bard about the ‘great’ British tradition of Poet Laureate is one of those.

I didn’t know much about the role. Not as much as [...]

It’s my birthday… and I’ll try if I want to

SOUTH WEST LONDON — It’s a beautiful day. I have already cleaned the fridge and had two cups of half tea, half-sugar. It’s a wonder I can sit still at all.

I turn forty-three a little later today. And the long expected mid-life crisis has still not shown itself. I look at guys like me in sports cars and only see [...]

Laughing in the office

LUFTHANSA — I see in the papers this morning that research by Comedy Central says that we are laughing 50% less in the office than we used to.

Why is it always 50%, I wonder? But the issue is still a good one and clear enough: We have lost the ability to make life [...]

Just look away…

TCR — What a grim morning.

I have taken to looking at both the global markets (FTSE, DJI and NIKKEI) and the Cambridge light meter. Recently both have been equally bad. Diving and falling short from day to day.

Admittedly the over-night stock market news has [...]

Book launch — A duty of care

You can order it now. See link below.

LONDON — Later in the month we will be launching A duty of care, my new book on leadership, management and organisational communications. It’s a slimmer volume than the last. Only about 150 pages. And considerably cheaper at on £6.99. But you’ll like it. You [...]