-
What, to Where?: The Dress Code a la Mode
What to wear, what to wear? That seems to be the big question here in the UK this month. We’re having quite the sartorial debate, and, in some instances, the gloves are really coming off (or going on? I’m not sure where we’re at with gloves right now). So first up, the V&A museum in… — read more
-
Stress: Bad Luck, Bad Manners or Just Bad Management?
Did it stress you out a little not realising it was #NationalStressAwarenessDay this week? It did me. If I’d known that, I could have got an appropriate post all ready to rock, ready to promote on the hashtag, relevant, timely…now you’ll be trailing Matthew, trailing, not good, not good… Stress. It’s a hard thing to… — read more
-
Thirteen Men
I don’t usually like to split things up along gender lines. I think the trouble with gender is that we don’t have the right words – everything’s too loaded. Everything ends up stereotyping everyone. I know ‘feminine’ men (and I don’t mean effeminate men here, different thing altogether) and I know ‘masculine’ women; ‘tomboys’ who… — read more
-
Murder in the C-Suite: Is Your Boss Really Out to Get You?
Baggage. We’ve all got it. And it’s not just the result of our upbringing and sibling rivalries and conditioning and experiences. It’s there is our brain, apparently, sometimes right from the very start – just waiting for the right trigger. This was the roundabout conclusion of a fascinating BBC documentary ‘The Mystery of Murder: A… — read more
-
The Games People Play
I’m always surprised, no matter how frequently it happens (and it does happen rather frequently), that when I tell someone I’m a Creative Director (I rarely tell social contacts I’m an Executive Creative Director* – that just seems pretentious) they reply by saying “Oh, lucky you – I haven’t got a creative bone in my… — read more