By Brian Buck | 29.03.12
Digging Underground Towards London 2012
London 2012 has negotiators flexing their muscles all over the capital as we approach the final run-up to the Games.…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 23.03.12
It’s a Negotiation Jim, But Not As We know it.
Many of us can recall with fondness the original television series of ‘Star Trek’. Captain James T Kirk of the…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 16.03.12
What is the Basis of That?
Terribly difficult question. If you don’t know the answer that is. PC Stout was completely flummoxed when a cyclist he…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 24.02.12
Sick as a Parrot
Back in the day and before agents rose to prominence, a footballer, having just made his debut for England, decided…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 17.02.12
What Do You Care!
A sales director was playing a game of golf with the procurement director from his largest and most prestigious client.…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 10.02.12
Out to Lunch
Two accounts clerks and their manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 03.02.12
Are You Ready?
Appropriately in 2012 I was talking to a director of a communications agency who had been heavily involved in developing…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 27.01.12
Competitive Stances Breed Competitive Stances
The two biggest world aircraft producers are Boeing and Airbus. These companies have enjoyed a duopoly for the past twenty…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 13.01.12
Which is it?
Everybody should be advised to take at least two drink-free days a week, say MPs, who urge in a report that…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 06.01.12
The Long Game
The Christmas tree is hardly dethroned, the last mince pie still to be eaten and the coffee creams the only…
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