What we think...
July 2009
The story of Dave Carroll’s broken guitar caught my eye this week. It shows just how far consumer power has come. United Airlines managed to break the little-known singer’s prized guitar while he changed planes in Chicago – the mishandling could clearly be seen from the plane window. After a year of trying to get compensation, Mr Carroll decided to use the best assets he had – his (repaired) guitar, his singing voice, and YouTube.
The government-commissioned MacLeod Review of Employee Engagement provides interesting reading and pulls together a myriad of statistics and case studies which all point to the consensus that engaged employees are more productive, efficient and are a major contributor to high performing businesses.
I was delighted to shoot in the only all-girls team yesterday at Peter Jones’ Fourth Annual Clay Pigeon Shoot in aid of the Peter Jones Foundation at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School as a guest of leading executive search firm Taylor Bennett. Heather McGregor, MD of Taylor Bennett and who also masquerades as the FT columnist Mrs Moneypenny, is a great shot and much fun to be with, as were the rest of the team. We came 4th out of 23 teams – no mean feat with some pretty daunting stands and high, fast birds and some equally competitive gents to contend with! But I digress…