By Brian Buck | 05/16/2013
There is such a thing as a stupid question
Asking good questions that are tough, direct and specific is one of the key things we can do to improve…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 05/09/2013
Concessions must be earned
The UK Government announced last week, a string of reforms designed to change the way that prisons operate. One of…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 05/02/2013
Collapsing Worlds
As the death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment manufacturing building in Dhaka, Bangladesh approaches 400, the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 04/25/2013
Add on
BMW used to do it. So did Mercedes. Porsche and Ferrari still do as far as I am aware, though…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 04/18/2013
Creativity should be embraced not squashed
When the painter James McNeill Whistler was a cadet at West Point, he was assigned to draw a bridge in…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 04/15/2013
Thatcher, power and the lessons of confrontation
Many words have been written in the past few days since the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, some…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 04/04/2013
Listen Up
A recent article in the New York Times draws a comparison between the physiological aspects of hearing and listening. In brief…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/28/2013
Bad behavior
Over the weekend there were reports in the UK media that the multinational retailer Laura Ashley had written to its…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/20/2013
An inconvenient series of truths
The current financial crisis in one of the EU’s outposts, Cyprus, clearly exemplifies and demonstrates some undeniable negotiating truths. Make…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/14/2013
If you have a complaint, don’t wait
I recently stayed at a national hotel chain that I use regularly. On the third night of my stay, I…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03/07/2013
The critical mass
Shortly after taking office for his second term, President Obama announced that he would visit the Middle East to kick-start…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 02/21/2013
I’ll tell my brother
When I was younger, so much younger than today – I would occasionally find myself in situations which I really…
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