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OXFORD STREET — Okay you’re not running Egypt. But imagine you were. Or let’s be clearer. You have been given a new project: Get that Egypt thing sorted out. Easy, right? They made it through the frogs and locusts, etc. No, okay. Seriously. (And apologise in advance to the people who are working hard to bring change to that country.) But what [...] GREAT PORTLAND STREET — I’ve got nothing new to add to the sexism discussion at Sky Sports… except for those who think the lads were just having a laugh, or boys will be boys, it is worth taking the sobering ”Sexism at work” test found in today’s Independent (sadly not available online). What I am more interested in today [...] KINIGHTSBRIDGE — I had a nice bowl of pasta yesterday with one of the leading lights in our business. A guy I have known for 5 years or so, and who has distinguished himself by sustaining and growing a global consulting footprint through the years. And we complained. Like two old men down at the park. “Things have changed.” “There’s not much value [...] LONDON — The shootings in Arizona this weekend leave a lot to think about. And there’s lots and lots being written. But even foreign journalists seem to be struggling to make sense of it. And yet I have a theory… It’s new to me, but maybe you’ve heard it before. It’s got to do with the law of unintended [...]
Might As Well Go For a Soda • You can listed to your local radio half-way around the world. On the 14 bus even. And I now think I may finally know why some Canadian rock and roll never found a larger audience. April Wine? Tom Cochrane? Kim Mitchell? Yea. Google Translate Won’t Do • Speaking [...] DISTRICT LINE — What ever happened to ‘new’? Where is our sense of adventure? Where are the new faces and voices of the future? Here we are, 11 months into a new decade and we’re still talking about some of the least interesting characters of the 80s, 90s and Noughties. George Bush has a book out. Reviewed today it [...] LONDON — A whole lifetime of planning and meticulous work ended with the death of Sir Thomas Tresham on 11 September 1605. He had been working on a beautiful hill-top house in Northamptonshire and the lavish gardens surrounding it. A pious Catholic in a Britain that was only settling into Anglicanism, he hid his piety in quiet symbolism around the [...] LONDON — I am very pleased that this is National Novel Writing Month. It is, I think, just a ruse for a book publishing website. But for me, it’s working. My 13-year-old daughter and I started yesterday morning. We get up early and tap away in the kitchen before the sun comes up. On day two she’s on [...] TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD — Our friend Stefan Stern, ex of the FT and now of Edelman has written an HBR blog about BP and the communication and cultural issues that got them into the trouble they have been in. It’s an interesting read and has elicited some [...] MONDAY MORNING OVER BREAKFAST — I am honestly not wanting to get into a philosophical discussion here. I was just wondering about something. It’s a question for change management professionals. If you were called by the Vatican and asked to support them on change management, what would you do? Where would you start? It wouldn’t be hard to find a burning [...] |
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