By Brian Buck | 04/02/2015
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…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/26/2015
Honesty. The best policy?
This morning (Tuesday 24th March) the news is awash with the revelation that the British Prime Minister says that he will not…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/19/2015
Do you like radish?
What price is cost control? There is a natural tendency for us all to be looking to drive down the cost…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/12/2015
Negotiating the will to live
Driving to a meeting recently I was brought low by a radio program about dementia. The story, told by her family…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/06/2015
The meaning of Liff
It has been said that Inuit have more than 17 different words for snow. Why should this be? Anthropologists hold the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/26/2015
It’s all about packaging!
Most of you have followed (to some extent at least) the negotiations between the recently elected Greek government and its European…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/23/2015
Power to the underdog
Scotwork NA Vice President vs. major airline. Guess who’s the underdog? Since relocating to the eastern shores of North Carolina…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/19/2015
Key errors in the Greek negotiating strategy
As these lines are written, the negotiations between the Greek government and its Eurogroup partners are still under way. As the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/12/2015
Learning from 4 year olds
A recent TV documentary (The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds) gave a fascinating insight into the way grown-ups work. The…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/05/2015
Get mad back
Get mad back? Not so sure. Couple of things have passed my desk this week that have prompted this blog.…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/29/2015
The Precedent
Well, the Greeks have finally gone and done it. At the weekend, they kicked out the conservative New Democracy party –…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01/22/2015
Unilateral Disarmament
Jim Murphy, the new leader of the Labour party in Scotland, was interviewed on the radio recently and the issue of…
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