Facts don't care about your feelings. The most polarising aphorism of our times? I remember fondly my first ever moments receiving formal Sales training. The (superb) old pro at the helm brought in for the day (yes, a whole eight hours) unfurled a prepared flipchart sheet; The Decision

"Never ask an accountant to spend any money. They can’t answer a creative question.” That is the experience, as reported in London's The Times 25 October 23 'dairy', of 80s pop music impresario (and train enthusiast), Pete Waterman. His disparaging remarks were in context

Who doesn't love a good origin story. I just read about [behind London's Times paywall] how an optician who for twenty years thought he could better the big brands finally start-up his dream. As a buyer of such wares myself, I warmed to the USP; same-day

"One of the many lessons out of all this is starting on day one it was from the very first moment, assume you're going to succeed and don't do anything that gets in the way." The thoughts of Ken Mattingly, Nasa astronaut and famed

"At certain Silicon Valley parties, tech bros have started introducing themselves with their names and “p(doom)” numbers, their personal estimates of the likelihood AI will destroy humanity." Trendspotting of London Times columnist James Marriott last week. Expressed as numeric probability anywhere between zero and one, it could

I came across this military adage from a former British army officer. It is apparently Napoleon’s dictum of war. Who did have at least his final six years on St Helena to mull that one over. In the modern-day context that we "will probably cite Ukraine as one