By The Scotwork Team | 22.05.14
Talent is Overrated
Politicians who promise that the streets will be paved with gold and deliver nothing but cobbled cul-de-sacs, managers who claim…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 15.05.14
Promises Promises
On Wednesday Roger Boyes, the Diplomatic Editor of the London Times, wrote an op-ed piece critical of the West’s approach…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 08.05.14
It’s Your Funeral!
In spite of its largely unknown cast, a promiscuous leading female character, a tragic death and a miniscule budget, Four…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 01.05.14
I Believed Every Word
During the Pistorius trial I happened to spend some time with a friend who is a judge. I asked him…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 24.04.14
Better Together? Or Is Change As Good As a Rest?
As 2014 heads for September, Scotland thinks of itself as at the centre of a political maelstrom. In truth, some…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 17.04.14
Precisely…
I want you to imagine that you have been preparing for a negotiation and you have got to the point…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 10.04.14
Know Your Enemy
Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese Military tactician said “To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.” I was reminded…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 03.04.14
A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
As a French speaker, I was recently despatched to the French island of La Reunion, located in the middle of…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.03.14
Scepticism
News pictures of distraught relatives of the passengers on flight MH370, missing now for more than 2 weeks, bring home…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 20.03.14
Thought So
Alice Walker, author of “The Colour Purple” and civil rights activist said “The most common way that people give up…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 13.03.14
Lessons in Negotiating or Putting a Price on Your Cat
I have just returned from holiday and one of the joys of a holiday is having lots of time to…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 06.03.14
Ukrainian Tractors
As the current situation in Ukraine is changing so swiftly that no one has any serious ability to predict the…
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