Last Wednesday, 18th July, the death was announced of Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum. He was 96 years old. A long life, a good innings, a man with an imperial name. Anything else of significance? Well, yes. Wellum joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in August 1939,…
I have been asked to speak at an event for which the main topic of debate will be a current favourite within the marketing community, namely why can senior marketers struggle to exert influence among their fellow leaders internally and with experts in professional services externally….
Oxford Dictionaries has declared post-truth as its 2016 international word of the year, beating to the title other trend-setting or event-capturing terms like alt-right, Brexiteer, chatbot, coulrophobia (yes, fear of clowns) and the rather appealing, not in the least dark, Danish concept of Hygge. The compound…
I have just liked a blog I read on LinkedIn a couple of days ago – ‘No, you are not running late, you are rude and selfish’, by Greg Savage. Closer examination revealed that this was a link to a site which featured the piece…
This week’s Desert Island Discs featured a couple, the first duo to appear since the creators of Spitting Image, Peter Fluck and Robert Law, in February 1987. Kirsty’s guests this time were Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, Ant and Dec. They’re not everyone’s cup of tea;…
Bigfoot is owned and run by Paul Tredwell. Since 2004 I have been an independent communications consultant, delivering a wide range of projects but with a focus on and passion for relationship optimisation.
