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FaceTime is good. Face time is best.

FaceTime is good. Face time is best.

As a consultant who helps organisations with the effectiveness of their business relationships, I am frequently asked what’s trending in my chosen space. I welcome the question. It is gratifying that enlightened leaders these days recognise the importance of fully functioning relationships as contributors to…

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Cherish one of your most important relationships, with yourself

Cherish one of your most important relationships, with yourself

I have been left on my own for nine days. My wife is on holiday in Canada with her mother, two sisters and a family friend. Both of our children have fled the nest and we no longer have a pet. So, I do mean…

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All clients want proactivity from their agencies, but it must be the right kind

All clients want proactivity from their agencies, but it must be the right kind

I have just completed another relationship evaluation and improvement programme on behalf of a major UK client, involving interviews with the key relationship owners and with their counterparts in some of the marketing services agencies with which they work. As ever, these privileged conversations revealed past,…

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Is there a bright future for our cities and for those who call them home?

Is there a bright future for our cities and for those who call them home?

I have recently returned from a week in Hong Kong. What an extraordinary place, 6,000 miles away, in the heart of Asia and yet with many features that make it familiar to and navigable by a seasoned Londoner.

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Raising a wry glass to Dry January

Raising a wry glass to Dry January

As I write, I am halfway through Dry January. Fifteen long evenings have passed, another fifteen lie ahead. There is no mid-game break here, no change of ends, no time to recharge. I don’t regard myself as anything like alcohol-dependent but I can’t even contemplate…

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An apology if you are homeless. Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line

An apology if you are homeless. Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line

At about this time last year I wrote a blog about homelessness entitled ‘A good month for festivity but the worst time of year to be homeless.’ I have a special interest. I am a trustee of a Housing Society which provides a 154-bed hostel…

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