By Brian Buck | 18.06.15
It’s always my fault
How many deadlines have been and gone in the continuing saga of the economic chaos in Greece? I would suggest there…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11.06.15
Why Sepp Blatter has my sympathy
A woman tries to board an overcrowded bus at the bus depot. The passengers bar her way. She protests. ‘I must…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 05.06.15
There is never anything on anyway
A relatively small and parochial point this week, but it illustrates that opportunities to negotiate abound. A deal may just improve…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 29.05.15
Competitive stances breed competitive stances
A friend of mine is a specialist clothes manufacturer – I do not want to say more than that for fear…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 21.05.15
Looking good
A recent article in the New York Times has some food for thought for wise negotiators. The authors pose this question –…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 14.05.15
The power of no
The recent Argentinian film ‘Wild Tales’ is a compilation of six unrelated fictions about people in desperate situations. I would recommend…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 07.05.15
Negotiating advice for politicians
On the day this blog is published the population of the UK vote in elections for their next government. Opinion polls…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 30.04.15
The politician and the dead cat
There appears to be a new technique being banded about by politicians in the UK, no doubt encouraged by their spin…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 23.04.15
Three stories in one
We are in political season, so I make no apology for another observation on the political landscape, from which the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 16.04.15
Questions
Questions, questions everywhere, and not an answer in sight. Asking good questions is productive, positive, creative, and can help get us…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 10.04.15
The deal that is no deal
Somewhat quietly last Thursday, several days after the expiry of an arbitrary deadline which had been set for the finalization…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02.04.15
The meaning of Liff (part 2)
Few weeks ago we asked readers to submit words (made up ones) and their definitions as part of a tongue in…
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