By The Scotwork Team | 02.04.15
The Meaning of Liff (Part 2)
Few weeks ago we asked readers to submit words (made up ones) and their definitions as part of a tongue…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.03.15
Honesty. The best policy?
This morning (Tuesday 24th March) the news is awash with the revelation that the British Prime Minister says that he…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 19.03.15
Do You Like Radish?
What price is cost control? There is a natural tendency for us all to be looking to drive down the…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 12.03.15
Negotiating the Will to Live
Driving to a meeting recently I was brought low by a radio programme about dementia. The story, told by her…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 05.03.15
The Meaning of Liff
It has been said that Inuit have more than 17 different words for snow. Why should this be? Anthropologists hold…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 26.02.15
It’s All About Packaging!
Most of you have followed (to some extent at least) the negotiations between the recently elected Greek government and its…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 18.02.15
Key Errors in the Greek Negotiating Strategy
As these lines are written, the negotiations between the Greek government and its Eurogroup partners are still under way. As…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 12.02.15
Learning from 4 Year-Olds
A recent TV documentary (The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds) gave a fascinating insight into the way grown-ups work.…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 29.01.15
The Precedent
Well, the Greeks have finally gone and done it. At the weekend, they kicked out the conservative New Democracy party…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 22.01.15
Unilateral Disarmament
Jim Murphy, the new leader of the Labour party in Scotland, was interviewed on the radio recently and the issue…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 15.01.15
Pour Oil on It
There is one group for whom cheaper oil is bad news — oil producers, who’ve been having an amazing run…
Read the post By The Scotwork Team | 08.01.15
Fancy a Cheque for a Billion Dollars
I love Christmas, but I hate paying for it. Sadly as a father of 5, Christmas, whilst being a wonderful…
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