A while back I started collecting examples of business-speak that I found alarming. Some simply seemed to set out to confuse. Others were intended to make the speaker seem clever – usually for their own benefit. But the worst examples were ones where the term indicated an absence of care and concern for the people … / continued
 
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 By Graham Wilson, on March 15th, 2013 By Graham Wilson, on March 12th, 2013In an article in the Riviera Times, New jet for Prince Albert II, written by Nancy Jane Carragher, it is explained that Prince Albert II has just ‘secured’ his latest private jet, a Dassault Aviation Falcon, worth up to 50 million euros depending on his choice of interior. The Prince says the aircraft is necessary … / continued By Graham Wilson, on January 21st, 2013Many of you will know Alex Goodall, one of the regular participants at the informal drink in Oxford. Alex is speaking at the Hub in Turl Street, Oxford, this Monday evening (the 21st January) at 7:30pm. His subject is something he’s been passionate about for some time – alternatives to the current model of … / continued By Graham Wilson, on November 25th, 2012After my previous article on how to use an elevator pitch to engage others, one of my networking colleagues, Phillip Khan-Panni, raised a couple of interesting points about the elevator pitch and I thought I’d address these separately. He was concerned about the connotations that the word “pitch” has and offered the alternative “elevator speech”, … / continued By Graham Wilson, on November 11th, 2012NB This paper was presented at the 12th International Conference on Corporate Governance held in London from the 10-13th October 2012. Leadership as an essential human quality In a paper presented at the World Conference for Corporate Governance and Sustainability held in Dubai in May this year, I put forward a case for us to … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 24th, 2012The latest spin from the Technology Strategy Board reveals that a paltry £7M is going to be spread thinly across 17 projects – shared by 70 institutions, with a direct benefit to a clutch of very well known global companies – among them GSK, ICI, P&G and Unilever – all firms that ought to be … / continued By Graham Wilson, on July 17th, 2012The other week, I was at a meeting of a century old institution. The incoming President presented the results of a review that he’d been engaged in, that had impacts on the organisational structure, especially that affecting a number of volunteers. The existing structure has been in place for some time, and the people involved … / continued By Graham Wilson, on May 25th, 2012From Sunday 27th May 2012, website owners are expected to offer visitors to their site the opportunity to manage the use of cookies. Specifically, “From Sunday, sites must obtain ‘informed consent’ from visitors before saving cookies on a machine.” This is the UK enactment of some EC rulings made a little over a year ago. By Graham Wilson, on December 17th, 2011I have learned something today. According to a debate on another social networking platform, apparently, if a customer wants something that is beyond their full understanding, then if they fail to learn enough to be able to explain to the person who is going to supply that thing what it is they want, then it … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 4th, 2011It was a sad day this week, when I learnt of the death of an old colleague, John Macdonald. This isn’t an obituary, there are times and places for those, but I would like to reflect on one of his key messages. In ‘retirement’, John was an author and speaker, and it was as a … / continued |
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