By The Scotwork Team | 29.11.13
Don’t Just Do Something
Don’t just do something. Stand there. The legislation allowing the UK government to build a high-speed rail line between London…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 27.11.13
Is Time On Your Side?
Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond has announced 24 March 2016 as the date for the country’s exit from the United…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 21.11.13
Activism and Negotiation
It is peculiar how news stories often converge and clash. Newspapers worldwide today report the court-hearing in St Petersburg yesterday…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 14.11.13
Bracketed Language
After the failure, albeit perhaps temporarily, of the negotiations in Geneva last weekend between the Iranian Foreign Minister and representatives…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 07.11.13
Remember
Remember, remember… In many aspects of life one of the most important aspects is, wait for it, timing. A good…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 31.10.13
Be Careful How You Ask
Like most sales people I talk about value first and price last. This week was no exception. My prospective client…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 24.10.13
The Two Faces of Grangemouth
You have probably never heard of Grangemouth. Even its mother would be hard pressed to call it a pretty town,…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 17.10.13
Charm Offensive
The Oxford English Dictionary defines charm as ‘the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others’. It is a…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 10.10.13
Are You Losing Enough Business?
Before working with a powerful FMCG company in Europe I asked of the thousands of points of sale they have…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 04.10.13
Dumb and Dumber
This week’s government shutdown makes both sides of politics look dreadful. A poll this week had Congress less popular than…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 03.10.13
The Battle of the Underdog
Big business has been on the losing side of a number of small skirmishes recently. Two recent examples. Two days…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.09.13
Tread Softly
Gordon Brown’s (the Labour party’s former leader and British Prime Minister) former spin doctor has revealed how he regularly attempted…
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