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A friend of mine relayed a scathing assessment on the uselessness of a recent McKinsey two-day transformation workshop. Hardly a surprise to many of us having suffered such self-styled Tier 1 “consultants”, no doubt. When seeking itineraries and commentaries online, I realised that part of their problem is how they

In the old days I actually remember being ordered by my sales manager to go buy a briefcase. Cost me a fortune too. Even twenty years ago I knew they were the past. Whatever vessel you use to carry your kit along to meetings, it’s not too old school

Roger Moore disarmed critics with wonderful, legendary stand-up calibre self-deprecation. So I was delighted to hear he also knew of that most Bond villain of objections; it costs too much. Naturally, he left it defeated, shaken and stirred. Here’s the tale on a common version of this hurdle, as

I do like the amazing seed vault run by the Norwegians [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/food-fisheries-and-agriculture/jordbruk/svalbard-global-seed-vault/id462220/] for us all. Not least because of the suitably dramatic building entrance [https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Svalbard+Global+Seed+Vault&num=100&rlz=1C1AOHY_

Here’s a cheeky BBC cartoon graphic in keeping with their core brainwashing values. This time, thinking it clever to sneer how “boring” the current snap electioneering and the likely winner are. Frontrunner Theresa May faced that staple of magazine quizzes. Choose from a binary pair of options and let

This week a buzz session made big news. There hasn’t been a salesroom I’ve been around that turns their nose up at such rah-rah motivational breaks. But when they go the way of this particular Manchester insurance reclaim (PPI) sales call centre, even the Wolf of Wall Street

Pithy? Or one mandated? Perhaps even, one pinned up to ward off the thought police? Early UK snap general election skirmishes continue to throw up selling tidbits. Here’s one from a hired hand that helped guide the 2010 victors home. He revealed that prominent on their hq wall was