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PICCADILLY — My dad used to say that sometimes you had to wait for a few parishioners to die before you could make changes to the church. It was typical of his kind of wry sense of the ridiculous. But that doesn’t make it any less true. It is a great truism that people have to [...] ST JAMES — I think of rubbish collectors. Or proctologists. There are lots of jobs out there that no one really wanted, but had to be done. And there are people doing them because the market makes it hard for someone to avoid doing them. No one wakes up in the morning and says “I think [...] REGENT ST — My dad used to tell us that in Canada there was no obligatory military service, so everyone should work for the government for at least two years. All of my siblings did. My brother and I in federal politics and my sister in universities, for local government and running architecture associations in western [...] OLD BOND STREET — It still doesn’t feel like business is in any great position to be lecturing politicians. There’s never been much patience for it. And I think if more bankers has made it to civics class we wouldn’t be in this mess. But business certainly knows more about M&A (mergers and acquisitions) than the [...] SW LONDON — We have had plenty of hung parliaments in the UK. Not for a while perhaps but they’re not uncommon. In other parliamentary systems, like my native Canada, they are the most common way of governing. In fact, there’s a lovely guy called Ed Broadbent, who should really buy Nick Clegg a beer. I [...] LONDON — It’s an interesting question. Are we already? Could we be more so? Clearly the UK is a desirable place to work, because people come here and stay. It is a sought-after spot for foreign postings. But in spite of much talk from various parties about the importance of highly skilled workers, I think that [...] FULHAM ROAD — I didn’t watch the three ‘Chancellors’ debate last night. The UK’s equivalent of party Finance supremos were on Channel 4 talking about the future. The papers are full of it this morning. In many ways. We do tell business leaders that what they ‘do’ is as important as what they ’say’. We encourage people [...] KNIGHTSBRIDGE — We have worked on a couple of very prominent instances of this recently. Indeed we’re doing one now. And there’s one single message that has emerged as the most important: Don’t invent symbolic events. Just look out for them. Some of us (consultants) will happily tell you that a symbolic event is tremendously important in [...] SOUTH CAROLINA — My mom has been calling her American friends: “You guys are being so nice about Canada, thousands of people are going to emigrate…” The NBC coverage of the Vancouver Olympics has been very complimentary. Long features with Wayne Gretzky. Hymns to Canadian style and bouquets about the natural world we inhabit. Even Stephen [...] PICCADILLY LINE — Sometimes you have to wonder if they say these things just to wind up the Brits. UEFA and FIFA officials that is. Sepp Blatter, the president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has commented on the England football captain John Terry losing his job. Terry, who is married with twin babies, was [...] |
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