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I came across shameless MSM clickbait recently. Middle-England likely rushing to discover eight insider tricks for getting the lowest price for your new home. Negotiation generally is not a skill I see in sharp supply throughout salesteams. Mainly as it is a scarcely 'taught' proficiency. Indeed, earlier in the century

This week I learned about ... giant viruses. Or a girus, as scientists labelled them upon their discovery since the turn of this century. Sounding like the stuff of B-Movie horror, one may well soon be coming to a streamer near you. They seem to inhabit - the ones we've seen

"Net Zero is bogus" So says Arnold Schwarzenegger. Widely quoted from his annual Vienna climate conference. Which irks him greatly, as he is an avid campaigner for it. Here's his thinking, as read in London's Times broadsheet; “Go to a town like Leeds or Manchester and ask people, what’s

Presently summering in the world's first great industrial city. I have, against expectations, witnessed a shimmering orb emitting warmish rays gliding across the imperma-grey skies above. A growing civic structure but a century-and-a-half ago. Then hailed as the exemplar of how to run a city. Such halcyon age sadly long

52:17. There's a steer new to me in that form. Despite a lockdown-induced WFH veering away, it seems we're settling back towards it again. Here's framing from the surveying company's chief exec; "The original research found that the 10% most productive people worked on average 52 minutes, followed by

My early career went through a steep negotiating skills learning curve. I'd enjoyed an International Strategic Negotiation module at B-School. Knew of the prep required to make it work. Had a few of the snappy responses primed to pushback or breakthrough. Yet perhaps my greatest leap was a few short

Imagine a company that's interviewed 27 million workers. What would be the three things they'd believe managers must master to be a good boss, and by association, a success all round? Clarity, Communication, Accountability. Harry Wallop entertainingly reported [sub'n req'd] that Gallup reckons that only one in ten workers is

Biomimicry has long held fascination for me. How nature handles something which we can adapt for own our ends. A broad balancing betterment remixed for parochial yet potentially astoundingly loud ripples. I remember over two decades back first spotting how 'sharklets' appeared on aeroplane wing tips everywhere almost overnight. Linkage