Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Dec 24th, 2009
More jet lag (when will I NOT see a three as the first number on a clock in the middle of the night?). Try as I may I cannot make it past about 21.00 and then crash asleep as if I were hit by a train. Up, however, with the returning clubbers which is a [...]
Posted in Leadership & Management on Dec 17th, 2009
Consult versus Tell: the fine leadership balance
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Dec 17th, 2009
For fifteen years now Glub Gascon, a restaurant in Smithfield, London, has been my favourite restaurant in the world. The food was great, the foie gras menu was long, the wine list was creative, and the service – all French staff – was enthusiastic and interested.
Not any more.
Yesterday, Christopher and I went for our annual [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Dec 6th, 2009
Earlier this year, the APs and I went on a little trip out West. In addition to staying in a magical house in Shropshire and visiting places in Shropshire and Wales, we went down to Exeter to visit some friends who do many things including farm. They have dozens of breeds of happy rare chickens [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Dec 6th, 2009
It’s Singapore so that must mean jet lag.
As I sit here, my computer saying 20.24 (here it is 04.24) I can only judge my complete exhaustion by the fact that my typing has gone out the window. I can hardly see let alone be dextrous. Forgive spelling mistakes. Forgive everything, in fact.
Earlier I wrote a [...]
