By Ben Byth | 18.04.14
Precisely…
I want you to imagine that you have been preparing for a negotiation and you have got to the point…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 11.04.14
Know Your Enemy
Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese Military tactician said “To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.” I was reminded…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 04.04.14
A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
As a French speaker, I was recently dispatched to the French island of La Reunion, located in the middle of the…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 28.03.14
Scepticism
News pictures of distraught relatives of the passengers on flight MH370, missing now for more than 2 weeks, bring home…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 21.03.14
Thought So
Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple” and civil rights activist said “The most common way that people give up…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 13.03.14
Lessons in Negotiating or Putting a Price on Your Cat
I have just returned from holiday and one of the joys of a holiday is having lots of time to…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 06.03.14
Ukrainian Tractors
As the current situation in Ukraine is changing so swiftly that no one has any serious ability to predict the…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 27.02.14
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo
Just how good are we at persuasion? How gullible are you as a negotiator? Not very, you will probably tell…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 20.02.14
I Would Do Anything for Love
Valentine’s Day gone. Red Roses wilting depressingly in the vase perched on the window sill. Champagne cork stuck behind the…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 13.02.14
Cuckoo. Is the Clock Running Out On Switzerland?
Switzerland’s economy is booming at the moment, and unemployment is low, but many Swiss worry about what they see as…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 06.02.14
Freezing the Terrorists Out
The Winter Olympic Games open in Sochi this Friday, but any expectation that there would by now be a rising…
Read the post By Ben Byth | 30.01.14
That’s One Way of Looking At It!
For a man who trained as a physician at the university of Damascus and who spent two years in post…
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