By Brian Buck | 12/22/2016
A Very Merry Christmas
?Well it’s nearly here. The time of year when even the hardest nosed of commercial creatures switch off for the season.…
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By Brian Buck | 12/15/2016
Early Christmas Message
You know, it’s not all sweetness and light in Lapland. People think (and to be fair, why shouldn’t they?), that all…
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By Brian Buck | 12/08/2016
Brexit – It’s Not All Bad News
People think of negotiating as “that thing you do when you’re buying a car” (you’re probably haggling), or “that time you…
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By Brian Buck | 12/01/2016
The Fallacy of Data
In our contemporary world of hyper-uncertainty, where we are being constantly surprised (and often upset) by unexpected outcomes, data would…
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By Brian Buck | 11/28/2016
Defining Negotiation in the Modern World
Two questions: When negotiating, do you want the other side to act reasonably? And, Is it a good strategy to…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/24/2016
Play Nice!
Two questions: When negotiating, do you want the other side to act reasonably? And, Is it a good strategy to…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/17/2016
Like no one is watching!
I am a big fan of Bob Dylan. Well his music anyway. Other people, not quite so much. A member…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/10/2016
Making Babies Called Donald?
I predict a spike in the birth-rate at the beginning of August 2017 because thousands of people, in the US…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/03/2016
Busy as Brexiteer Bees
Complicated negotiations often involve different meetings, different personnel, different issues and, in the case of the upcoming Brexit negotiations, different…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 10/27/2016
I look at Brexit from both sides now!
What do Joni Mitchell and Boris Johnston have in common? Well very little I suspect, but they do both share…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 10/24/2016
Listen Up, Ya’ll!
Being a bourbon aficionado, my heart skipped a beat when I heard that Jim Beam workers had voted to strike.…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 10/20/2016
When are EU Citizens Bargaining Chips? When They Are!
This isn’t going to be popular; to write it – even to think it – sticks in my throat as…
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