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SOUTH WEST LONDON — I was talking to a senior HR person at a client’s conference this week. She was asking about Able and How. I started explaining our HR set up. And she was quite surprised. “Wow. You do all that for such a small company?! That’s remarkable.” And I guess she’s right. We try not to [...] O’LEARY’S SPORTS BAR, KØBENHAVNS LUFTHAVN KASTRUP – I’m sitting on a big stool at the counter of O’Leary’s watching an ice hockey game on the big screen. I am too tired to see who’s playing. I may or may not have a very large, hops-based beverage in front of me. The menu is tempting me with a [...] ON THE 14 — In today’s papers there’s a great quote from the British Prime Minister: We could view the threats and challenges we face today as the difficult birth-pangs of a new global order. Amazing, no? Who talks like that? It sounds a bit like a speech-writer gone mad with a thesaurus. From a communication stand-point the government [...] CHELSEA — They blame the sudden firing of Merrill Lynch’s superman John Thain on “blind spots in attuning himself to differences in corporate culture.” In today’s FT an outsider is quoted as explaining: Merrill has a way of being very hard on outsiders coming in. It’s a unique culture. If you come in as an outsider, you’d better [...] THE LITTLE GYM — My friend Nic likes to say “I think nice is over-rated.” But I know she doesn’t mean it. We have been running a survey this past week that asks about people’s relative sense of happiness. I have to admit it’s not the kind of survey that I am immediately comfortable with. But we [...] LONDON — Would you do us a favour? Would you take the two minutes required to answer this survey? Able and How’s 2009 Happiness Survey How was that? Easy, no? We’ve had hundreds of results so far, and they are very interesting. We’ll publish them here when they’re ready. Would you do us another favour? Could you ask [...] “It is easier to run a revolution than a government.” PICCADILLY — I have long said that I hold UK public servants in high regard. I think they are a class apart. People with excellent levels of learning and dedication. I don’t think they are always right, and I have other opinions about the administration [...] LONDON — Attached is a release we put out at 7 am this morning. The calculations are ours. they are based on published numbers and conservative estimates. For the press release, please click here. At the same time we prepared more background information in what we called a discusion paper. That probably makes it sound more exciting [...] SW LONDON — At dinner last night, a senior banking friend leaned in to me and said: “Why is it that a guy steals £200 and he goes to jail, but a guy like Madoff is still walking around?” It took me a few moments to realise that it was a genuine question. And one he [...] LONDON — Last week we sent out a release about how to manage layoffs better. I think I can attach it here: five-immutable-laws-of-layoffs-0901091. Let me know if you can’t get it. Regards /df |
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