Dear Ken Cheng: What’s An Unorthodox Place To Network?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, What’s an unorthodox good place to network with potential employers […]
HERDspotting: How Things End

We don’t often think about how things end. And that’s a shame. Take riots for example. They start how? Well, we have plenty of theories about that. Grievance, provocation, the […]
HERDspotting: On Leaning

It was a long drive back from Minehead, on a wet and windy winter’s day. I’m told I held her on my lap for the best part of a hundred […]
Dear Ken Cheng: Have You Ever Got In A Fight At Work?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, Have you ever got in a fight at work? I […]
Stop Mourning The Agency Model: It’s Not Dead, It’s Just Poorly Managed

Post after post, LinkedIn experts are declaring the agency model “cooked.”Between AI, in-housing, off-shoring and budget pressures, the consensus there is that agencies are legacy baggage. As someone who has […]
Dear Ken Cheng: When Is A Good Time To Say I Love You?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, How do you know when is a good time to […]
HERDspotting: Looking For The Kestrel

The kestrel. She stands at the window. Sulking or fuming, some bruise to her prestige or some unseen orunacknowledged slight. The details don’t matter. She peers out through the raindrops […]
Random – How To Thrive In An Unpredictable World by Matt Ballantine and Nick Drage

In this era of self-publishing and ubiquitous self-improvement and business book creation, it is easy to gloss over colleagues and acquaintances when they announce their new book – because – […]
Dear Ken Cheng: I’m Worried My Colleagues Won’t Attend My Barbecue

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, I’m hosting a Summer barbecue for my work colleagues but […]
HERDspotting: In The Field

There is a recurring fantasy that particularly affects those who focus on human behaviour. It goes like this: if you can just get far enough back, stay quiet enough, keep […]