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Extreme weather events place climate change foremost in minds all around the world. I see this week that (at least) one region of England has witnessed once-in-a-century floods three times this century already. Storms named Ciara and Dennis dumped record levels of rain only a week apart during Feb 2020

> Repsplaining; the explanation of something by a salesperson (aka ‘rep’), typically to a potential customer or buyer, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronising. Recognise this? I simply remixed the definition of mansplain. And could have also added more traits to the end. Such as, ‘or aggressive or

I have mixed experience with organising large forums within a prospect. My hit-rate being only a little better than 50-50. I’d like that to be more in my favour. The misses tended to be characterised by the typical flounderings: Main contact not having the clout they thought. Attendees treating

This was a recent headline that appeared on my newsfeeds. > The trick that’s 117 times better at saving the planet than reducing your flying It was bizarrely from a broadsheet [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/news/trick-117-times-better-saving-planet-reducing-flying/] column about retirement planning. Yet I thought it was a

[https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190807-the-science-of-creating-a-dream-team] Above is a pull-quote from a bizarre section of the media Japanese Knotweed that is the BBC website [https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190807-the-science-of-creating-a-dream-team] . (Add its existence to their long list of crimes most recently added to by inexplicably, disgracefully making an

I hear of a plan to switch the UK’s gas supply towards renewables. The idea is to ‘greenwire’ [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7959041/Energy-regulator-Ofgem-announces-plans-10m-electric-vehicles-road-10-years.html] the country. Not only applauded on environmental grounds, but also for creating a word with which to label the initiative. One which

Repeating mistakes of the past, a tiny elite cushioning themselves at the expense of the rest, ‘othering’ the vast majority as perennial victims. A culture that perhaps describes many a corporation. Especially ones resistant to your Proposal of progress. Yet in this case, it refers to the eggshells that is

Sadly this bar’s service did not tally with the idea behind this wonderful piece of menu engineer [http://salespodder.com/?s=%22menu+engineer%22]ing I came across. Near the top of an extensive drinks list, in a reversed colours box, and a title including the word LEGENDS, comes

A borehole salesperson in a drought ravaged town shared with me their favourite, as they put it, ‘sizzle over sausage’ line. They’d learned to check out the state of the prospect garden. It would be singed. But where tell-tale signs revealed a keen horticultural pride then, rather than labour