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I like wine to such a degree I can hardly believe there was a distant time when I frowned upon it. I have Capetonians and their winelands to thank for reversing that scandalous misperception. So I recently got a new book. In part – I’m not ashamed to admit – because

After seeing the first half of (the excellent) Billions, I noted the odd Sales steer [https://salespodder.com/how-to-sell-ideas-like-the-stars-of-tvs-billions/] . I’ve since read how a trading insider feels Billions is the first show that gets Wall Street right [http://observer.com/2016/01/billions-is-the-first-show-that-gets-wall-street-right/] . Some of the jargon used has

The man without whom there’d have been no EU-UK Leave/Remain referendum has just resigned. Again. Part of what the press now dub Brexodus. Anyone supposedly at the helm of either campaign seems to be gone. Or going. This particular party leader is certainly not an overwhelmingly popular politician.

Back in the Sixties, a week was famously considered a long time in British politics. The seven days following the Remain/Leave Referendum, suggests this adage needs a rapid 2.0 reboot. As today’s current favourite (only today’s) for next PM states “brexit means brexit”, there’s the

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Today the internet is owned by an Icelandic commentator. As his minnows – the smallest nation ever to reach a major tournament finals – scored a last kick winner to progress into the knockouts, he went wild. Same audio below, but why bother with seeing out on to the pitch? Wow. So

I witnessed quite a scene in a sales office recently. Marketing had run some kind of campaign. A response phone number set up went to an administrator. The lead was due to be logged and passed on to Marketing, who’d inform someone for a follow-up. As you may imagine,

The British government has just built a new airport. Lifeline to a remote community. Its cost has so far ballooned to £285 million. Yet seems doomed to never see a plane. As Napoleon supposedly said whilst exiled there in 1816, St Helena does indeed seem “an accursed island”. As a

Change. Arh. Everybody loves progress, but nobody wants change. As every successful solution sales person knows. And has probably mentioned to many a prospect. By definition, we sell change. Yet at times wonder how we ever came down from the trees. Or ventured out a cave. Let alone signed an