November 2009

I recently wrote about the prospect of a mood change among enterprise IT customers, in particular less willingness to accept the ways IT vendors interact with them. While I can claim no responsibility it was interesting this week to hear the comments of R ‘Ray’ Wang (should the ‘R’ actually stand for ‘revolutionary?’) at the [...]

I was both frustrated and happy this week to be caught up in the admin’ of helping people move from one office to another. It is a time consuming task all about managing mind numbingly dull and yet hugely significant personal details and arrangements. Bleh! The good thing is we have more people from [...]

What makes someone – or something – influential?
For example, a PR with a client in telecoms is bound to say that the editor of a telecoms trade journal  is influential. They’d probably say the same about Stephen Fry. But ask them to prove that influence and I guarantee you’ll get either a blank stare or [...]

Sir Allan Stanford models the classic orange boiler suit.
The news that four UK politicians could face jail sentences of up to ten years if they are found guilty of fraud or false accounting in the wake of the expenses scandal is a good thing if we want to rebuild trust in politics. I am [...]