Tag: Management
I’m partial to a bit of Beeb
On a day when I am learning it may be OK to eat red meat after all, I’m also having to re-think my attitude to the BBC. Read more »
Posted: October 1st, 2019 under Topics: Communication, Human Rights, Justice, Management, Politics, Press
Chaos – what did you expect Brexit to look like?
It is common parlance these days to describe the UK Government’s Brexit negotiations as chaotic. And that is certainly how they appear. But how would they look if they were going swimmingly? Read more »
Posted: September 17th, 2018 under Topics: Management, Politics
A horse. A zebra. Or maybe it’s a fish?
Until a few days ago, I had never heard the expression: “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras”. A visiting US professor used it in conversation with me. Then I heard it again, last night. This time spoken by Patterson, an FBI agent (sort of). Read more »
Posted: January 6th, 2017 under Topics: Banks, Economics, Finance, Happened to me, Management, Regulation
Beaten before we start?
Fabio Capello, manager of the England football team, says he realised before Tuesday night’s game against Wales that his team were about to put in a poor performance. Read more »
Posted: September 8th, 2011 under Topics: Football, Management, Sport
Neil and Adel: A love that cannot speak the name
When Queen’s Park Rangers appointed Neil Warnock as manager, a little over a year ago, I was aghast: “Fourteen years since QPR last played in the Premier League, but if the chairman thinks Warnock is the answer, he must be asking the wrong question.” How wrong was I? Read more »
Posted: April 30th, 2011 under Topics: Football, Management, QPR, Sport