The 1999 book ‘First, Break All the Rules’ with the catchy subtitle ‘What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently’ explored how to stop good employees from leaving a company.  Based on over 80,000 interviews with managers collected over 25 years, the answer boiled down to this: treat employees as individuals, focus on strengths and talents […]

I’ll always remember the day of my daughter’s first solo walk to primary school.  She had been asking for weeks, but we, imagining all sorts of terrible dangers along the way – it was after all a half mile walk along one road at the same time as many other parents and children – had […]

Disappointing news this week for lovers of Chinese takeaway food, as in the UK the campaign group Action on Salt announced that its survey of 150 dishes revealed that most were very high in salt, and that a single main course dish might contain half the recommended adult daily allowance of 6g.  Add in some […]

‘You could be the greatest, you could be the best, you can be the King Kong banging on your chest.’  With those whispered words from the Irish band The Script, ... Read More

Until recently ‘cherry-picking’ was a phrase I only ever heard occasionally.  But since the UK started negotiating its exit from the European Union it’s become a phrase in almost daily ... Read More

On the first day of Spring 2018 some 13,000 claims were made to one UK car insurer following a spate of accidents.  Unseasonably cold weather had gripped the country, much ... Read More

On a typical day there are some 76,000 flights across the United States of America.  But on 14th September 2001 there was just one aircraft in the air.  All other ... Read More

Flemish artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens wasn’t joking when he wrote in 1621, ‘I confess that I am better fitted to execute very large works than small curiosities.’  There is ... Read More

On Wednesday 21st February 2018 and at the wonderful age of 99 years, the great American evangelist Billy Graham died.  Within hours the following quote of his went viral on ... Read More

It’s a long way to go between drinks but on 12th February 2018 motoring adventurer Ben Coombs pulled up for a pint of beer at a bar in Tierra del ... Read More