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The decade’s favourite non-fiction is a story!

Congratulations to Bill Bryson, whose book A Short History of Nearly Everything has been declared the top selling non-fiction book of the decade. What’s extraordinary about this book is the...
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No need to get annoyed – it’s just slang, innit?!

Apparently London is becoming a breeding ground for innovative new words and phrases.  In fact, it’s becoming a new world leader in the production of slang. That’s according to linguists,...
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Animal’s People, by Indra Sinha

A wonderful piece of storytelling It was a complete coincidence, but I started to read Animal’s People just a few days before I heard on the news that this week...
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Social media – the risk factor

I was amused to read an article in The Tmes today (3 December)  relating to a slating Facebook posting by the daughter of ousted General Motors Chief Executive Fritz Henderson,...
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Our new website

Welcome to our new website!  Please have a browse, watch the film with the volume turned right up, post a comment to let us know what you think of it...
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Board alignment – no more corporate nod

I’ve been getting hot around the collar about the issue of board alignment this week, sparked in part by a masterclass with Intuitive Brands where the subject came up in...
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A jargon test…

Thanks to Helen Love at Intuitive Brands for this little gem.  As I pursue my quest to de-jargonise business communications, please feel free to have a go… “A research team...
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Going undercover

I enjoyed a recent presentation by Steve Martin, CEO of the steel manufacturing Clugstone Group.  He is one of the few, gutsy CEO’s prepared to be filmed ‘going undercover’ by...
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Can Generation Y change the world?

I was touched by this poem ‘Lost Generation’ by Jonathan Reed.  It speaks of the negative, cynical viewpoint of a Gen Y individual, yet on reaching the end – and...

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