By Ben Byth | 09.12.15
Book Review: Negotiauctions by Guhan Subramanian
Don’t check the spelling above. It is a hybrid of negotiation and auction. The author, who holds dual Professorships at…
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Movie Review: Moneyball (2011)
There are so many reasons to enjoy this terrific movie, from the wonderful acting (Brad Pitt, with Philip Seymour Hoffman…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 27.11.15
Just Because You Don’t Want It
A short but important lesson in this week’s blog. The daughter of a friend of mine decided to buy a new…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 20.11.15
No Discussion, Just Death
George Santanaya’s maxim that ‘those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them’ has…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 13.11.15
A Signal Day for Europe?
I wrote in this blog about three weeks ago about the commitment given by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, to write to…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 11.11.15
Close The Deal
Negotiation is a trading process. Look out for the opportunity to close the deal and it could make a significant…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 06.11.15
What Now?
Am I reading this right? We’re all getting fat because we eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Right? Well, not…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 30.10.15
Kicking Big Business
It is fashionable for radicals to kick against the political establishment. The rise of Jeremy Corbyn in the UK, Nicola Sturgeon…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 26.10.15
Battle Scars and the Negotiator
There is no doubt that much of what we learn is from experience. In fact the university of life, with…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 23.10.15
What to Do When You Know It’s Important
Daniel Hannan is a British Member of the European Parliament (MEP), an institution for which he seems to have little warmth…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 19.10.15
Deal breakers and the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been agreed upon after eight years of negotiations. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb and his people…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 16.10.15
It’s About Time
Tesco’s travails over the last few months are many and varied. Recently they topped a grocers code adjudicator list for supplier…
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