"... grasp the big lesson of history: If you do not prepare for war you shall not have peace." A subeditor's preferred take on historian Niall Ferguson's view of the current warmongering climate around the world. The man himself first used this prose; One of

From those long ago first forays into sales management, among many facets, I quickly learned to impress upon sellers an order in which they ought, namely; sell yourself first, then the company, then the product. Whereas most seemed to get these the wrong way 'round. Pitching product upfront is

Because fact into doubt won’t go. Whatever that means. The punchline I noted recently of a broadsheet journalist set-up. You can switch 'doubt' to several other words and sum up the solution sale. Particularly where we're up against a (naturally less suitable) alternative which seems

I came across the term of this post's title through assessment of where the battling Ukraine armed forces are at with the potential next Spring Offensive just the other side of the harsh Winter. It suggests a tactical break in fighting so that you may re-organise. With materiel

Move over 'Fangs', there's a new crew in view. The Magnificent Seven; Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook-Instagram-WhatsApp), Microsoft, NVIDIA, & Tesla. A recently coined collective for the supposedly most-influential, highest performing tech cos. Indeed, their valuation growth dwarves the sector; 2023 returning a staggering 78pc