By Brian Buck | 01/11/2018
Sunseeker
Sunseeker? I wish. So we are at the start of the year! Spent too much over Christmas? Eaten too much?…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 01/09/2018
Training the Enemy
Congrats General! You got everything you wanted and obliterated the competition. As you celebrate your success, just know that your…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 12/21/2017
Banned
Knowing what you can and can’t do legally, morally, ethically and pragmatically is a vital element of preparation for a…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 12/14/2017
It ain’t over…
The maxim, “it ain’t over till it’s over” is a maxim because it’s true. Fans of Queens Park Rangers were…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 12/07/2017
DUPed
Two’s company; 27’s a crowd. It may be tricky negotiating with a single party, but when there are 27 divergent…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 11/30/2017
Real Marriage of the Decade – Or Will It Be a Divorce?
The announcement of the right royal wedding earlier this week coincides with the end of the preliminary Brexit negotiations, hopefully,…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 11/23/2017
Who needs negotiators when you have processes?
A characteristic of business in the UK in recent years, and I suspect in other countries, is the removal of…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 11/16/2017
Fishy Business
This blog is a tribute to Orri Vigfússon, founder and Chairman of North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF), who sadly passed…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 11/09/2017
Mind Your Language!
The climate of fear for British MP’s seemed to rise to new levels last week – with one BBC reporter…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 11/02/2017
Shifting Sand
Recently Uber boss Travis Kalanick took an “indefinite leave of absence”. A phrase that coexists in the big book of…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 10/26/2017
Fined For Not Being Creative Enough
Since becoming a Scotwork consultant eight years ago, I have noticed a dramatic change in people’s behavior; and it’s not…
Read the post
By Brian Buck | 10/19/2017
A Metaphor for the Brexit Negotiations?
An interesting take on ‘bridging the gap’ came to my attention this week. The story has to be told anonymously…
Read the post