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  • 3-D Negotiation – A Book Review
      There are a huge number of books on negotiation out there, many of which either promote quite unhelpful tactics or promote useful tactics but don’t say anything new. “3-D Negotiation” is a book that progresses the thinking on the field and is well-written too. Its from a good source,...
  • Top Negotiator Wins Britain’s Got Talent
    So we all watched the final of Britain’s Got Talent last night and wasn’t it heartwarming to see Ashleigh and Pudsey win. In case you haven't seen it yet, they did a great dance act to the Mission Impossible theme – not that remarkable, I guess, until you realise that...
  • Is creativity the most important business skill?
    I had a bit of a clear out recently and came across an old magazine, a special 75th anniversary edition of Business Week, and I had to sit down and read it again, as you do, because the whole edition was dedicated to the subject of innovation. They had looked...
  • A Celebrity’s Guide to Negotiation
    I thought I would take a quick romp through history to see if there are any lessons to be learnt about the art of negotiation from some of the famous figures and celebrities from the present and past. Lyndon B Johnson & Indira Gandhi Lesson: flirt outrageously with your counterparty....