Posts Tagged: Work

To CV or Not to CV?

Seth Godin has a typically brilliant post on his blog today entitled Why bother having a resume? in which he makes a very good case for not having a resume or curriculum vitae. Seth makes some very good points in his post, among them: A resume is an excuse to reject you. Once you sendContinue Reading ›

Make My Logo Bigger!!!

This is for every designer and marketeer that has had to work with less “enlightened” colleagues and clients. So true and so funny… Make My Logo Bigger!!!

The Scum Career Development Model

I watched Scum for the first time recently. It is a great film, tough to watch in places, and confirmed to me what I had always suspected – I wouldn’t last 10 minutes in prison. However, it did make me think about the hierarchical, structured environment in which I find myself daily – the corporateContinue Reading ›

Corporate Blogs

I’ve worked in two companies now where the idea of a blog has been mooted. I think corporate blogs are, on the whole, a terrible idea. Unless genuinely written by an employee (who says it has to be an executive after all) with ability, charisma and genuine interest in blogging they are going to beContinue Reading ›

London Calling

Samuel Johnson said “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” Well, I was starting to become tired of London when I was working there; experiencing too much of the tedious, overcrowded public transport side of London and not enough ofContinue Reading ›

Good Bye Blue Box

Friday was my last day at American Express and it was a very, very good day but also a sad day. One of the things I wanted during my notice period was to do for one last time the things that I had enjoyed about London. One was eating dim sum; I’d never eaten dimContinue Reading ›