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PUTNEY ODEON -- The Olympics are still being missed in our house. Couldn't they run all the time? Especially when it's raining.
There were two features in the news last week that I thought contrasted against the 'one world, one dream' vision that the Chinese were promoting. In one headline it was revealed that Zimbabwe's ...
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ROEHAMPTON -- It's a real question. What is the exact cut-off on rudeness? There must be one. When does persistence become pestering? When does assertiveness become aggressive behaviour? When do you stop being demanding and start being disturbing?
Part of the reason I ask is because I witnessed something ...
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ON THE M40 -- It's generally not good to read a newspaper while driving on an autoroute. Unless of course you are on the Oxfordshire-facing M40 today where nothing is moving. So, I am tucked into the Guardian which has a feature story about the behavioural economist Richard Thaler and his new book Nudge.
Everyone from Barrack ...
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SOUTH WEST LONDON -- On Friday night I stood on a chair in our sitting room watching Jay-Z on Friday night with Jonathan Ross. I was on the chair because we have mice passing through. But the image is not unconnected.
I was surprised to see Mr Z in person and hear him talk and laugh. He did well on a show that ...
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BATTERSEA PARK -- When I dropped off my giant 5-year old son at kindergarten this morning, he was surrounded by chatting boys. I asked him for a kiss. They snickered and he compromised with a running hug.
Now we're at a sports day for my older daughters. My eldest wins the 800 meters by half a lap, (proud dad) and ...
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THE 21h15 TO JO'BURG -- As the plane lifted off from Heathrow the brown liquid poured out of the bulkhead and compartments above us, and the Asian businessman beside me stood holding a soaking pillow above his head to ward off the rain. Two seats over an enterprising Englishman lifted his open copy of The Mail over his head with a skill ...
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CANARY WHARF -- I heard about a week ago that a fellow named Mohammad Abdullah Al-Bat'hi had passed away.
He was a man I had known for almost 3 years. And someone I didn't know well in any formal sense. I have no idea about his marital situation. I don't know how many children he has... Or grandchildren. I don't even know ...
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DUKE'S MEADOWS -- Regular readers will know that I like to blame 'the company' for not doing enough to make people successful. And that's really not always fair because 'the company' doesn't really exist. It is just a grouping of people... So, today's rant is about what companies don't do right, but you can read that as being ''what management/ ...
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PARIS -- Paolo and I are here for a pre-brief on a big pitch. And I always go a bit misty in Paris. Although Paul also speaks the language, he says he feels a bit alien here.
I like the way that the French can make big decisions and get the big things right. Like big, beautiful building projects. Like the ...
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KNIGHTSBRIDGE -- It's a bit silly that it makes me so angry. I probably do it myself. But I really dislike managers who refuse to take responsibility for people and decisions that they are meant to be responsible for.
In a world where local communities are losing their hearts (due to population growth and changes in demographics, ...
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