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Latest — Feb 17, 2026

Comm Box Olympic Scribbles

Here's a sprightly duo of English tv sport commentators. On the basis that you should never describe what the viewers see, but how they could see it, they're top of their game. Albeit whilst heeding that [one of the all-time greats] Richie Benaud creed, they eschew

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Mouldability

Who hasn't seen ageism in the workplace? Of all the isms, this is one in hiring and promoting yet to catch fire. But as the skilled worker pool seemingly significantly slims perhaps its time in the spotlight is nigh. It can, I read, be hidden behind a mask

Tea Tray-Tastic

Barely does a sporting success arise without a heralded backstory accompaniment. Akin to tearjerking moments manipulated by tv talent shows, it's almost as if unless you've relied solely on, yunno, making the most of your talent through hard graft and application then, despite subsequent garlands, you

What Post-Date Text Timing Reminds Us About First Meeting Follow-Ups

So there you have it. Science has settled it. When it comes to looking for love, playing it either too keen or too cool turns out counter-productive. I'm surprised reporters on this study didn't jump to the label, Goldilocks. For when given hypothetical scenarios following a

Hot-Take Dating On Prospect First Meeting

"Introducing “hot-take dating”, the most efficient way to find love today". So stated someone choosing to use said method on a new date of her own. In the hope of getting if nothing else, then at least a decent article out of it. I know what you'

Sales Offshooting

There's a step-change hitting the car trade. All those longstanding, storied global colossi that for lifetimes and beyond have sucked up the entire market are perhaps already falling towards oblivion. To casual observers, how difficult can it be? Scale up that phone battery which a handful of years

Pitch Close Rinse Repeat

Yes our self-appointed global metropolitan elite overlords yet again exposed for what they are. Downfall through "human vanity, greed, abuse and corruption". Widely denounced after release of three million files surrounding one utterly disgraced, super-connected American 'financier'. Journalists pore over such staggering source volume for a

Lower League Breakout Mindset

Daniel Farke is the newly promoted manager of a team trying to buck a tough trend. Namely avoiding immediate return to the division below via the EPL trapdoor. The portents aren't great. He attempted similar before. Twice. And got the sack. Yet this year, there's a

Failures From Pictures Not Showing The Issues

Twenty years back I enjoyed working with a client selling solutions for 'corporate building maintenance'. In my salesforce knowledge management capacity, I witnessed poor big ticket training company sessions, utterly misguided global Sales consultants programs, and internal resource fruitless struggles to shift the salesteam approach in a significant

How The New X Algorithm Exposes Dodgy Solution Selling

Final score = Σ (P(reaction_i) × weighting_i) Recognise that? It should be displayed to all at your next 'internal'. It's apparently the core of the recently published Twitter calc that decides what gets promoted on feeds. Where else to turn for explanation but the AI