By Brian Buck | 10.09.15
You may think that
Habits are one of the most useful things we can slip into. If we didn’t habitually do much of our daily…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03.09.15
Is risk the best policy?
Ever run out of gas? Well it seems that more and more of us have. Last year over 800,000 motorists reportedly…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 25.08.15
Calmness tames airlines
In separate incidents over the last few months, two well-known airlines I frequently fly made mistakes but then came through…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 20.08.15
Green Lights
A few years ago I was talking to a guy at a dinner party and he, in the effort to engage…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 14.08.15
Mind the doors please
Last Wednesday evening was a bad time for two different groups of Londoners. At five o’clock the doors of several walk-in…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 06.08.15
Don’t confuse negotiating with persuasion
I was recently invited to teach at a company that purchases the debts of financial institutions and then pursues the people…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 30.07.15
Engendering Negotiations
Although news of a pay differential between men and women doing the same or similar jobs is nothing new, recent studies suggest…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 23.07.15
Internet shopping – not as much as you could wish for?
I was reading my newspaper recently and came across an article written by a woman journalist who was celebrating the demise of…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 20.07.15
Rubbish diplomacy
Two negotiated deals of historic significance. One between Greece and the EU/Eurozone, the other between Iran and the P5+1. Both are…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 09.07.15
Let me paint you a picture
A mate of mine recently visited New York on business and found himself with a spare half day or so, needing…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02.07.15
Wrestling with an Octopus
It used to be that people had so much time on their hands that they were forever looking for things to…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 25.06.15
Yankees vs. A-Rod: diffuse controversy with private negotiation
If you’re a Major League Baseball (MLB) fan living in the U.S., you would be living under a rock if…
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