By Brian Buck | 02/18/2016
No Pressure Then
It’s not that David Cameron does not have his troubles to seek as he shuttles around Europe trying to secure support…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/11/2016
Haircut 101
I had a haircut today, and learnt something simple but useful. Chatting to the barber I asked if he had…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/05/2016
Get your kicks from future-proofed deals – it’ all a matter of goals!
A few years ago I read an interesting article based on the work of a renowned US business school which…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/28/2016
Driving with Dipped Headlights
My daughter is a fairly recent and slightly nervous driver. One of the benefits of the children getting older is…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/27/2016
Negotiate Well, Don’t Let Yourself Down
The ability to negotiate through conflict is obviously critical within any organisation, regardless of which side of the fence they happen…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/14/2016
Cinq à Sept
One of the defining qualities of a good negotiator is the ability to manufacture unusual tradeable variables apparently out of thin…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/07/2016
The Traitment of Junior Doctors
It occurred to me, that the most prominent current industrial dispute in England, between the Government and the Junior Doctors, might…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 12/17/2015
Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
Is there a difference between telling lies or just being misleading? I guess lying, rather like beauty, may be in the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 12/10/2015
E By Gum
Recently the Sunday Times Travel section reported an unfortunate accident. A Mr Graham Davies booked a multi-flight trip from the UK…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 12/03/2015
Strictly Come Negotiating
Here in the UK in the Autumn and the first part of Winter a televisual phenomenon hits our screens on…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/30/2015
Just Because You Don’t Want It!
A short but important lesson in this week’s blog. The daughter of a friend of mine decided to buy a new…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11/19/2015
No Discussion, Just Death
George Santanaya’s maxim that ‘those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them’…
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