By The Scotwork Team | 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…
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By The Scotwork Team | 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…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 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 The Scotwork Team | 16.04.15
Questions
Questions, questions everywhere, and not an answer in sight. Asking good questions is productive, positive, creative, and can help get…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 09.04.15
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 finalisation…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 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…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.03.15
Honesty. The best policy?
This morning (Tuesday 24th March) the news is awash with the revelation that the British Prime Minister says that he…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 19.03.15
Do You Like Radish?
What price is cost control? There is a natural tendency for us all to be looking to drive down the…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 12.03.15
Negotiating the Will to Live
Driving to a meeting recently I was brought low by a radio programme about dementia. The story, told by her…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 05.03.15
The Meaning of Liff
It has been said that Inuit have more than 17 different words for snow. Why should this be? Anthropologists hold…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.02.15
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…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 18.02.15
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…
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