It’s been a while since I travelled to London on business, so I’d forgotten what a surreal experience sitting in the departure lounge in London City airport was.After the usual trip through security, with the obligatory worry that I’d set the beepers off, then disgrace myself by giggling when frisked (it tickles!), I planted [...]
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Bored and lonely in a sea of pinstripe…
Posted in Business Culture, tagged business travel, self confidence on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Does (pond) size really matter?
Posted in Business Culture on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Until quite recently I was a very small fish in the great big career pond that is a major UK bank. Then, suddenly in September 2007 I was netted and whisked into (comparatively speaking) a puddle when I joined SK Chase as their Marketing Manager.
Part of the reason I was so ready to make [...]
A short history of Mother’s Day…
Posted in seasonal, tagged history, mothers day on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Ever wondered why the date of Mother’s Day changes from year to year? Looking carefully between the flowers, chocolates and widespread commercialisation of our annual motherly celebration, traces of its origins from all over the world can be found.Thought to have evolved partly from ancient rites of goddess worship in ancient Greece and Rome, and [...]
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