• About

burningmanagementblog

~ Life imitates management..management imitates life

burningmanagementblog

Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Way of the Gormless Man

29 Friday Jan 2016

Posted by Burning Manager in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

David Deida, Douglas Gilette, Fire in the Belly, gormless, King Warrior Magician Lover, lumbersexual, men in advertising, Robert Moore, Saatchi and Saatchi, Sam KLeen, The Way of the Superiot Man

Screen%20Shot%202014-08-04%20at%201_41_06%20pm-thumb-400x223-159018

Macquarie dictionary the other day announced their new word and phrase additions to the Australian lexicon. Favourite for 2015 was the much mocked ‘captain’s call’. My personal favourite was ‘lumberseuxal’ (see above photo) which is a person who puts a lot of effort to look all macho but has no intrinsic macho characteristics. Words are fascinating. Watching television lately brought to mind for me a word that has been around a long time but has fallen out of favour – gormless. According to Wiktionary it means ‘Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish’.

Have you noticed the portrayal of men in advertising lately? If grasping for one word to describe how men are being characterised you could do worse than use the word ‘gormless’. It is right and proper that the objectification of women as chattel, sex object or lesser sex is called for what it is and is well on the way to being phased out. However the way men are now being presented to the television audience is a growing concern. Some might say I’m being over sensitive, or tilting at windmills, but consider this range of current adverts playing in your living room right now.

  1. The iSelect ad with the main actor acting well below the normal IQ level. Sure it can be funny but does it add to the credibility of that brand?
  2. The Colourbond advert with the self-professed ‘tool’ who makes everything out of corrugated roofing;
  3. The new Compare the Markets advert with the be-speckled curly-headed bloke doing the piece to camera.
  4. The AHM health insurance adverts featuring Brett Lee with a gormless ‘dad’ who is looking for tips.
  5. The Sportsbet adverts, especially the ‘cashout’, with more than one gormless bloke – in fact they all look gormless;
  6. The Matador BBQ advert. Finger-licking cringy.
  7. The husband in the supermarket who says ‘sweet’ in the Celebrations – ‘What you bring when you are told to bring nothing’ advert.
  8. The M&M advert with the guy opening the cupboard to find food only to have stuff thrown at him by the M&Ms – his partner sitting bemused in the living room.
  9. Captain risky in the Budget Direct insurance ads.
  10. The two gormless besties in the AAMI adverts especially on their way to the fancy dress party.
  11. The over the top power walker on the Subway ad.
  12. The new dad standing aside his wife and new born who is all excited only idiotically to be announcing the stats of his VW.

I’ve done those off the top of my head. I bet if you took a pen and pad to this evening’s viewings you would find many more examples. It is clear that there is a reluctance to portray men in a much more nurturing and thoughtful role.

video-part04

The stereotyping of fathers in advertising is perhaps the worst advertising crime of them all. Buffoon seems to be the mould from which most male characters are cast, but even where this is not the intent the casting of men as unintelligent or unskilled in certain areas is a common theme . Think back to the myriad of adverts of Dad’s not knowing how to put nappies on a baby, cook a meal or mind rowdy kids etc.

Moving on from men as clowns, then, appears to be men as sideshows. So when we are not being complete idiots we are somehow patronisingly clueless. Adverts aimed at mothers because they are the parenting lead do a disservice to men who are equal partners and provides fodder for men who aren’t. Research conducted by Saatchi and Saatchi in 2014 indicated that sixty percent of women say their partners are a just as involved in parenting as they are. Seems advertisers are slow or unwilling to pick this up.

Where to for young men? Perhaps we can be grateful that the younger male demographic are getting their role modelling elsewhere – but if that’s just from the net then this is probably not ideal either. Television certainly does not help through its advertising in providing role modelling that suggests to young men that the pursuit of intellectual endeavours is something they shouldn’t aspire to. Is it any wonder that in many schools boys are under-achieving? In many schools, both elite and otherwise, studying and caring about academic results is regarded as unmanly and those that do so are ridiculed.

Seldom can you pick up a newspaper or magazine and fail to read about a young woman who is a role model for her gender. All power to them! The self-help books that might well have inspired such young women are almost all targeted at them and to read them is something that is encouraged embraced rather than denied. There has been a dearth of books to assist in the positive development of young men since perhaps Baden Powel’s time when men were men and women were well…? You have to search long and hard to get something that might be a good read that will equip our young men with the right compass setting to even know that TV is treating us poorly. Two books I can recommend though are The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida, King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglas Gilette and Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man by Sam Keen.

The promotion and advocating for both sexes is an important role that managers, mentors and coaches play in the workplace. Getting this balance right is not always easy. Rectifying imbalance and injustice in the past by turning the tables, while being momentarily salutary, is not a recipe for a happy workplace or a happy community. It’s time advertisers in a time of big data and mass customisation gave us a blend of archetypes and personas that reflect the rich diversity that makes up 49% of the population. And yes there is space for the gormless, but let’s make that the exception not the rule.

 

 

 

All Credit to Shorty

20 Wednesday Jan 2016

Posted by Burning Manager in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

AAA, Alan Greenspan, Allianz, Amercian Express, AMEX, ANZ, Bear Stearns, BOQ, Brad Pitt, CDOs, Commonwealth Bank, Deutsche bank, Dick Smith, Get Shorty, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Margot Robbie, Mastercard, NAB, Rating agencies, Steve Carell, Steve Smith, The Big Short

 

file_606778_big-short-cast

I did something a little odd last week. I saw The Big Short with my stock broker. It wasn’t intentional. I had just settled into my seat then along he came with his family and plonked himself down right in front of me. An ex-Goldman Sachs man, I had cause on more than one occasion to lean forward and give him a reminder nudge (of the ‘nod nod’ ‘wink wink’ variety) or comforting hand on shoulder.

Great movie. Eminently watchable, even for those for whom the world of banking and finance holds little interest. It takes the audience on the magic carpet ride that was the Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs) in the US Housing market and the shameless acts of the banks and, worse still, the ratings agencies. The cast were routinely in fine form especially Steve Carell and the very brief interlude by  Margot Robbie explaining what a CDO is, while drinking champagne in her bubble bath, worth the price of the ticket alone.

30192FEB00000578-3396122-OPening_scene_Margot_Robbie_plays_a_champagne_swilling_blonde_in-a-14_1452644414548

I once populated the world of Private Equity in London so have some of the flavour of the heady environment, or more accurately bubble, in which these rarefied species exist. In fact I have been at one time a bubble-dweller myself. Never threw a dwarf – I admit- but did see dwarves thrown. It is, by nature, a high adrenaline ride where self comes before team, comes before company, comes before common good. This is portrayed accurately by the Ryan Gosling character as he sets up his company Deutsche Bank for a fall and himself for a windfall (as a funny aside I right clicked Deutsche to get the correct spelling and it came up with douche which when inserted in a sentence as  ‘douche bank’ sounds remarkably and accurately like something else).

I haven’t come here to bury the banks, nor praise them though. I just want to reflect on some issues around the Customer. What the film does very well is show us how little regard was given to the customer in the all the deception that was the CDO scandal. Wrapped up as much more stable than they were, sub-prime mortgages were bundled and then rated as AAA by the ratings agencies and the banks flicked these on as ‘copper-bottomed’ investments to the unsuspecting institutions and the public. There might be those who would suggest that it’s caveat emptor out there and sophisticated investors must be ever vigilant. While schadenfreude is a lovely cold gazpacho, it is worth reminding ourselves that along with the ‘filthy rich’, local councils and charities were duped into what they thought were sound investments and we all suffer as a result.

Seldom does an evening at home pass (except of course on Netflix) that we aren’t seduced by advertising that the banks are wonderful and they really have our best interests at heart. Take for example Steve Smith, our illustrious cricket captain (and good reliable bloke), who with the assistance of Commonwealth Bank (our largest and of which I am a shareholder) helps out a long-suffering cricket Mum with a makeover while he takes the kids to cricket. Who can CAN make this happen? – Commonwealth Bank of course. This is competing with the ‘NAB gets you’ clearly targeted at small business, until they call in the loan and then really get you. Bank of Queensland poses the question as to whether you can really love a bank? The advert’s underlying thesis is you can – BOQ who else? Try asking Bear Sterns or Lehman Brothers account holders that question.

The fact of the matter is a lot of money is being spent duping us, the public, and I think we all know this but tolerate it. Perhaps the difference here between the CDO scandal and the current advertising is we didn’t know what the banks were doing before the GFC with CDOs etc. It would appear Alan Greenspan didn’t so you can’t blame us. The common ground here is that there is a serious and morally questionable re-calibration of the truth in both cases. Take for example Dick Smith going into liquidation with the possibility of workers not receiving their entitlements. If the financial press is anything to go by, the decision by the banks to ‘pull the pin’ was based on timing whereby Dick Smith had received its inventory and sold it but not paid most of its suppliers (Apple and Samsung being two notable savvy exceptions) and cash had been generated by the sale of gift cards, most of which have not been redeemed and will not be honoured. I would love to see the Steve Smith advert re-cast with the long-suffering cricket Mum being given the day off, not to go to the day spa, but truck herself around the shopping centres trying to buy something using her Dick Smith gift card. My hunch is she would look a lot more frazzled on returning at the close of play!

Getshort

The myth that we have constantly fed to us is that the banks value us as a customer. I had my own first-hand experience lately with my Com Bank Mastercard that put this to the test. Having used the Allianz travel insurance associated with using my card to buy a holiday, I unfortunately had cause to claim based on a delay and missing flights and accommodation in the UK and Spain. Allianz, if their adverts are anything to go by, are a ‘Yes: What’s the question?’ kind of company. Their advert has their lovely Call Centre person going ‘Ah Allianz’ finishing the sentence of the poor fool who had just done something stupid and exclaiming ‘Ahhhhhh!!’. My experience was slightly different. Without drawing this out my response from them was  ‘Ah Allianz…NO’. So I thought I would cancel my credit card given Allianz was merely an agent acting on behalf of Commonwealth Bank. And so I proceeded to do so. That was an interesting exercise in tenacity requiring a few conversations with the call centres. Never in one of the conversations did any of those I spoke to at the Bank ask what they could do to put it right and what would keep me as a customer. I’ve never had one late payment and I’ve always paid in full by the due date. The cynical out there might suggest that’s why they couldn’t care less about me breaking my ties with them. Contrast that with Amex who I rather uncharacteristically had an issue with recently. They asked me what they could do to make me feel valued and while I was putting my mind to that, they proffered 30,000 rewards points. To scale that, I would have to spend $30,000 to get that through my own endeavours. Wow!

At our place we have found as we have moved from the articulation of the concept of cherishing the customer, and put our efforts into actually meaning this, – rather than getting the client to think we mean it – our business has grown. That doesn’t mean you can’t have the stern discussions when needed. That doesn’t mean there are some customers you actually don’t want. But the key here is honesty, integrity and being authentic. These are fantastic characteristics to have in business, as they are to have in life. In The Big Short Brad Pitt plays the character with the conscience. When the two young protégés celebrate when they realise they have just struck pay-dirt when shorting against the housing market, he makes it clear that their ‘whooping and hollering’ is a preface to a worldwide collapse leaving millions out of work and destitute. A timely intervention.

I’ll leave you with some lines from the movie.

‘The banks got greedy and we can profit from their stupidity.’

‘Fraud has never ever worked. Eventually things go south. When the hell did we forget all that?’

‘You target strippers with bad loans?’ ANZ might find this line a little close to the bone!

‘The American people are getting screwed by the big banks.’ You slot a country of your choice in here.

Chilling words and all arising from deception. A deception that is perpetuated in our living rooms every night. Don’t take my word for it, suspend judgement until the final line of the movie just before the credits roll….

Reaching for an Enjoyable Book

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

Posted by Burning Manager in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Adam Spencer, Brene Brown, EU Referendum, Forbes, Fromelies and Pozieres, Jack Reacher, Jim Grant, Lee Child, Make Me, Martin Meredith, Mega Change, Peter FitzSimons, The Fate of Africa, The Gifts of Imperfection

jack-reacher1

I’m 6’5”…I’m Jack Reacher

 

Despite the lure of Netflix etc. summer has always been the time to buy a good book and read it. As many of us are drifting back to work, it is time to reflect on what were the books we have been reading over the summer. For fiction according to Angus and Roberston the top three best sellers were:

  1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anythony Doerr. A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
  2. The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. A compelling portrait of a morally complex hero from 1000 BC – part legend, part history. Full of drama and richly drawn detail, it is a vivid story of faith, family, desire and power.
  3. The Lake House by Kate Morton. Central character Alice Edevane leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family’s past and seeks to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape….

Non-fiction top three were:

Adam

One is Adam Spencer and the other is not a mathematical genius

 

  1. Reckoning by Magda Szubanski. An autobiography of this Australian comedian.
  2. Gut. The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-rated Organ by Guilia Enders. Bringing together information about the remarkable role played by our alimentary canal.
  3. The World of Numbers by Adam Spencer. Adam who took a selfie with me recently (see above) explores the fun and interesting side of numbers.

I have to admit I read none of these but did randomly read and dip into four main books. Three in paper form and one on my ipad. So from the top then. I downloaded the latest Jack Reacher novel. For those not familiar with the Reacher phenomenon (yes even his mother called him Reacher) it is worth briefly recounting author Lee Child’s story. He was a commercial and news writer for Granada, a TV studio based in Manchester my old home town and as legend has it was laid off.  This next bit is my spin on it but makes a great story if true. They did a corporate re-structure and he was seen as supernumerary so he says ‘bugger you lot I’m going to go and write a novel and make a fortune so there.’

Back to reality now. Since 1997 he has written 21 books in which loner, drifter, fighter, lover and harsh justice deliverer Reacher cuts a swathe mainly through small-town America. There, I have summed up the character in six words! His current novel Make Me is very typical Reacher but a bit underdone for my liking. Not that Mr Child is worried, as he has sold over 70 million books to date.

Forbes magazine in 2014 named him the most successful brand in international book sales. John Grisham, who has outsold Child, has a 41% brand loyalty rating meaning 41% of readers want to buy the next novel without knowing what it is. Child stands at a staggering 70%. So while this was a frivolous read over the summer, from a personal and business perspective you can see there is a lot to learn from Child. Firstly, he did not let adversity get the better of him. On being retrenched he got ‘better not bitter’. From a commercial point of view he consistently delights his customers. He is as reliable for his readers in delivering the knock-out punch as his main character is in a bar fight (of which I am warning you there are many).

Conscious of the changing nature of the world and the speed at which it is doing so occasioned by the Cloud, big data, digitisation, IoT, A-i, I read Mega Change: The World in 2050 published by the Economist and edited by Franklin and Andrews. I wanted to get a bit more of a handle on the data that sits behind the predictions that people make; many of which are putative. There are a number of interesting chapters and can be read as standalone vignettes. ‘By the numbers’ or infographics have become a popular way of presenting data and information nowadays, presumably because our attention span is such that it needs to be chunked down to a set of visuals that look like they could be digested by a student in primary school. Mega Change avoids such temptations but I have been able to lift some juicy ‘infobites’ that I might at some stage guiltily sneak into my own infographics. I found the chapter on demographics particularly absorbing.

Africa it would appear is where the demographic impacts are going to be most noticeable and this raises all sorts of possibilities and challenges in a continent still coming to grips with its colonial past. As an aside, Meredith has written a insightful book on the subject, The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence. One for the colder months I think!  More young people in Africa will produce either more growth – or if they do not find work – more instability. With the increase in automation, what strategies does Africa need to have in place to ensure it is the former rather than the latter? We have come together in Paris to assist the less wealthy nations around climate change. Do we need to do the same around demographic change?

The other startling prediction is the fact that France will be more populous than Germany by 2050. Two world wars and the EU were based on suspicions between these two heavy-weight European neighbours. What will we make of Europe then? Britain soon goes to the polls on its continuation in the EU. Its reversal out of this compact primarily designed to stop war will have a seismic impact if it happens.

There is also the prediction that there will be a greater levelling between rich and poor. The proposition is that the gap between rich and poor in the future will increasingly be about education and not geography. The lottery of where you were born is now no longer a barrier when we can exist as an entity and work in cyberspace.

bene_brown

Brene Brown

 

 

While letting the body go to wrack and ruin (and maybe the mind if you count the Reacher novel) through excessive eating and drinking,  the summer break is a good time to do the opposite with the spirit and to that end I had a quick breeze through Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. As far as self-help books go it makes a lot of sense and is easy to read. As anyone who has viewed her TED Talks will know Brown often promotes the notion of authenticity. She describes it thus: ‘..the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.’ Trite or confronting? I opt for the latter.

Fitz

Peter Fitzsimons avec Bandana

 

 

The final book, Fromelies and Pozieres: In the trenches of Hell, is one that I didn’t spend too much time with on account that I sent it to my Dad in New Zealand for Christmas. Each year I send him the latest (always well timed for Christmas) release from Australian author Peter FitzSimons (of red bandana fame, Republican movement and rugby raconteur). Peter is a good man and tolerates the continuation of a tradition with me every year – one that is now well entrenched in our family. He is uniquely able to blend history in conversational style in a way that brings it very much to life leaving you with a sense of really being there but also imparting a surprising amount of knowledge along the way. He is more remarkably able to engage my 84 year old Dad with each successive book. While FitzSimons has yet to get on the Forbes list, in my family his brand loyalty rating stands at 100%.

Listing to Great Music

04 Monday Jan 2016

Posted by Burning Manager in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

25, Adele, Alison Goldfrapp, Amy, Amy Winehouse, Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Fairytale of New York, Florence and the Machine, Goldfrapp, Hannah Reid, High Fidelity, Joss Stone, Kirsty MacColl, Lists, Mary Coughlan, Nick Hornby, Sade Adu, Sinead O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banchees, Siouxsie Sioux, The Pogues

springfield-dusty-5048026c50b063033b73071805177_adele_preview

Christmas time is a time for making lists. Not a time for serious blogs about the world of work – that’s for sure. Whether it be shopping lists for family and friends or a draft set of new year’s resolutions we, especially men, find comfort in writing things down. It’s been common business practice since time immemorial. On my list this year for my wife was 25, the new album by Adele. We listened to it on Boxing Day and I found it sounded quite familiar and not necessarily because we are all so familiar with Adele’s back catalogue of 19 and 21. So in true Nick Hornby style (a la High Fidelity) I found myself creating a bit of a list – Greatest UK female singers. It’s tempting, of course, to not rank too highly those who have just burst onto the scene, because longevity is a very real measure in the music business, but pure raw talent must count for something and with three monumental albums to her name Adele does qualify in the pre-qualification list. So here goes – my attempt to put together ten of the greatest UK & Ireland female singers of the popular music era with a bit of a rationale for why I think they warrant being here.

Dusty Springfield a tragic life story but Dusty (Mary O’Brien) is the greatest British female singer of the modern generation and arguably, for me, only second on the world stage behind Aretha Franklin. Adele’s voice is very similar and it is no coincidence that Adele’s look is very ‘Dusty’. They both have a lovely tone in their voice that conveys layers of emotion. As the song builds though their voices, at the top end, separate with Adele kicking through to full power where Dusty takes it towards the fragile and it is this tension between the fragility and the emotion that makes her without compare. Listen to Dusty in Memphis one of the greatest recordings of all time to judge for yourself.

Kirsty MacColl was tragically killed in an accident in Mexico in 2000. Contracted to Stiff Records she found herself without a label when they went bankrupt in 1986 but used this time to record with the likes of Robert Plant, The Smiths, Alison Moyet, Shriekback, Simple Minds, Talking Heads, Big Country, and The Wonder Stuff,. Her collaboration with The Pogues on Fairytale of New York in 1987 is the stuff of legend and it remains the best Christmas song of all time. Refusing to be pigeon-holed, her wonderful tonal qualities and her flexibility make her stand out from the pack. Check this out.

Mary Coughlan has a jazz based tradition and is a mesmerising performer. Her voice is beyond compare and if we look at the emotions that all the singers in this list put on display, none can match that of Coughlin. Where Winehouse rips her skin to reveal flesh, Coughlin squeezes lemon juice on it. Her tradition is Irish and this shines through with her soulfulness and at times cynicism, as well as her activism. I saw her in concert in 2002 at the Jazz Café in Camden and I recall being spellbound by a performance of such depth and emotion that I knew I was watching a legend. If you watch one clip in this entire list make it this one.

Sade Adu (Sade) was born in Nigeria but grew up in the UK. Her breathy songs with tinges of jazz and soul celebrate a timelessness and Diamond Life, her breakthrough album, sounds as fresh today as it did when first released in 1984. She won’t get the party rocking but as the party-goers drift away and you are left with the core friends this is the album to slap on the turntable.

Amy Winehouse Without Winehouse there arguably would not have been the likes of Adele or the myriad of others that have followed. Our family has had a personal connection with Amy that I won’t go into here (see photo from my recent trip to London), but regardless of that, she is still for mine the one who has led the way in the most recent years. Talented to a fault with the self-destruct button, like so many artists, always clearly on show. Where others, including Adele, sing with emotion and reveal their soul, Winehouse rips her skin off and reveals the flesh beneath. She is raw and urgent and we will never see the likes of her again. Tragically taken too soon.

IMG_6841

Adele has only three albums to her name (compared to say Elton John’s 10 in 7 years) but is such a phenomenon that her recent CD (yes she went ‘old school’ for the release) carries only her face on the cover and the CD itself just carries the number 25 as the means by which it can be recognised. Her authenticity and non-diva approach, with heart on the sleeve lyrics and powerful voice already has her ranking as one of the great female singers – ever.

Joss Stone I can forgive Joss Stone for her flirtation with the often bland potpourri of RnB. When she’s in her element doing soul and blues her voice is right up there. Precocious talent that is a livewire in concert and the fact that so many old hands like jamming with her (Etheridge, Beck etc) it is clear she has street cred. Like a good red will only improve with age. This clip from 2010 shows her talent at its best.

Sinead O’Connor has suffered with bi-polar, or not, depending on who you listen to and it is fair to say that social media seems obsessed with her and, at times, her with it. Putting that aside, to watch her in concert is to see a consummate performer who is at once both shy and a master of her craft. Her song lyrics are raw and emotional and her album How About I Be Me (And You be You) is a fine example of how she blends her life and her music and lyrics together for such a potent brew.

Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banchees) the younger generation might be surprised on reprising clips of Siouxsie that the outfits and stagecraft of Lady Gaga have been done before. Siouxsie Sioux was at the forefront of the new wave movement of the 1970s with some punkish backnotes. As a lead singer in an era populated by strong male leads she led the way for women and her songs have been covered by many artists not the least Jeff Buckley. Great voice, great presence and an enduring legend.

Hannah Reid (London Grammar). There is something very ethereal about Reid’s voice. Primarily the voice is an instrument and Reid emphasises this with her vocal mastery more than most. Her voice completely complements the synth and guitar based sound of the band. On stage she is in total flow and I like this in an artist. There may not have been a London Grammar without a Florence and the Machine but I prefer Reid’s voice by just a smidgeon to relegate Flo to the almost but not quite list. Check out London Grammar’s Montreux Jazz Festival set in 2014.

Many others warrant being on this list e.g. Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Florence Welsh (Florence and the Machine), Alison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp), Beverley Knight, Annie Lennox (Eurthymics), Alison Moyet, Julia Fordham, Joan Armatrading, Linda Thompson, Beth Orton etc.

The beauty of lists, as Hornby reminds us, is the thought that goes into constructing them. In some ways this is more important than the list itself. There are no right or wrong answers, of course, and the same goes with management. Often there is no absolutely right way to do something. Time spent contemplating the best approach, what’s top of the list, is time well spent regardless of what approach you end up adopting.

Recent Posts

  • Happiness Can’t Buy Healthy!
  • Self-improvement is all the rage!
  • You Snooze…you win!
  • What’s In a Number?
  • Big Pharma – it’s time to cook!

Recent Comments

Your SCHEEME is Rad… on Your SCHEEME is Rad Man
joshymaters on Mystics and Statistics on the…
joshymaters on The Match Before the Matc…
Cool Offices | Const… on Cool Offices

Archives

  • June 2021
  • April 2021
  • November 2020
  • June 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014

Categories

  • communications
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Recent Posts

  • Happiness Can’t Buy Healthy!
  • Self-improvement is all the rage!
  • You Snooze…you win!
  • What’s In a Number?
  • Big Pharma – it’s time to cook!

Recent Comments

Your SCHEEME is Rad… on Your SCHEEME is Rad Man
joshymaters on Mystics and Statistics on the…
joshymaters on The Match Before the Matc…
Cool Offices | Const… on Cool Offices

Archives

  • June 2021
  • April 2021
  • November 2020
  • June 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014

Categories

  • communications
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Recent Posts

  • Happiness Can’t Buy Healthy!
  • Self-improvement is all the rage!
  • You Snooze…you win!
  • What’s In a Number?
  • Big Pharma – it’s time to cook!

Recent Comments

Your SCHEEME is Rad… on Your SCHEEME is Rad Man
joshymaters on Mystics and Statistics on the…
joshymaters on The Match Before the Matc…
Cool Offices | Const… on Cool Offices

Archives

  • June 2021
  • April 2021
  • November 2020
  • June 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014

Categories

  • communications
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • burningmanagementblog
    • Join 27 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • burningmanagementblog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...