Yes, Minsk, folks. And no, it’s not a secret location near Manchester. I’m doing a talk in Belarus (of which Minsk is the capital) because I impressed someone in Cuba a couple of years back when we did a seminar …
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Am I going ga-ga?
You’re an amazingly intelligent lot, so I’m curious as to what you think, dear readers. For quite a few years I worked on American Express, doing creative and training and helping run the account around the world. They had a …
Read MoreIn India they do things differently …
Here’s a story for you from India, in case you’re wondering why daily applications of Lynx haven’t done the trick. It was headed, Man sues Axe, as unable to get girl A 26-year-old man has filed a case against Hindustan …
Read MoreOn November 16th I’ll be in a secret location near Manchester…
“What kind of Special Agent piffle is that, Bird?” I hear you ask. “Have you lost the last of your few remaining marbles, you mooncalf?” Not quite. I’m going to be there because everyone keeps telling me you can make …
Read MoreFor those of you who are not exacty thrilled with Ryanair and think low price can come with charm …
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Read MoreDo you get messages about these Gestapo seminars for useless managers?
The latest one – shades of 1984 – is called How Managers Can Confront – and Stop – Unacceptable Employee Behavior It sure tells you how to kick the rebs into line It includes a “module” called “Progressive Discipline: The …
Read MoreA holy man’s last request
An old priest lay dying in a London hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation’s capital. He motioned for his nurse to come near. “Yes, Father?” said the nurse. “I would really like to see …
Read MoreYahoo up their own derriere – the $100 million rebranding that won’t work. Not ever.
A few years ago I chaired a series of lectures or something like that for some of the best advertising students in Britain. They had to do an exercise on selling Yahoo, and the overwhelming impression I formed was that …
Read MoreAs ye sow, so shall ye reap
I got this today, with a heading about beating the Postal Strike. It’s a relevant comment on commercial suicide as practiced by the Royal Mail. “I wanted to drop you a quick line to see if you were working on …
Read MoreThe mole speaks out about Billy and the Morons…
My well-placed mole (who is not a Tory politician – he writes too well) says this: Billy and around 420,000 others (past and present employees of the Royal Mail) are currently around £8 billion to £10 billion quid short on …
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