“You will want to discover cutting edge knowledge from two thought leaders,” was the message I just got from somebody called Spindelman on Facebook. This asinine piece of patronising jargon was “sent to the members of ZnaTrainer Saturday Blog Radio …
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Do I detect somebody being “creative”? Oh dear.
Life is full of laughable little details. I’m writing this in Zurich en route from New York to Vienna where I hope not to bore some bankers to tears. The high point of my trip so far was on one …
Read MoreAren’t you a genius yet? Shame on you!
How fortunate we all are to live in a period when giants stride the earth, I thought this morning. I was sitting here in Brooklyn’s fabled** Butler Street writing some copy for a client when I heard that “plink” that …
Read MoreMedical miracles
As I’m lying sick in bed, I found this very helpful this morning. At a medical conference, an Israeli doctor boasted, ‘Medicine in my country is so advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person, put it in …
Read MoreSick, sick, sick
I’m lying in bed feeling sorry for myself. I’m good at that. Someone in my family I thought I could rely on has let me down badly – more on that when I overcome my rage. But the real problem …
Read MoreGood advice, good food – and a little light music
Back in September my friend Rowan Gormley said a couple of things worth remembering in his hilarious talk at our EADIM seminar in Brussels. 1. Never fall for other people’s bullshit 2. Never fall for your own bullshit The first …
Read MoreThick? Callous? No shame? Clueless? Can’t accept responsibility? You should do well at stalag Haringey – or maybe in the government
If you’re unfamiliar with what’s going on in Britain I should explain that a 17 month old baby – called “P” – was tortured to death by his so called mother and lovers (one of whom was a Nazi fan) …
Read MoreSorry, Rich, you’re wrong about Obama
A few years ago I did a seminar for Kendall-Jackson, the big wine-maker. The attendee who paid most attention was Jess Jackson, the firm’s 70 plus billionaire boss. Before that, in my first board meeting at the Ogilvy group, I …
Read MoreThe Bliar’s friend does it again
I must apologise. I was going to write about the £12 million the great Bliar has earned from making speeches since he left this country in the shit and in the gentle care of the Prudent Haggis. I was thinking …
Read MoreNouns into verbs … strange stuff
My partner was juts taking the opiss out of something she read, which read; “When I chaired my first session, I tabled a resolution ….”
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