Action Plans

Action plans without deadlines are not worth the paper that they are printed on.

Unilateralism

Beware unilateralist presidents playing the multilateralist card.

Organisations

An organisation is only as good as its most stupid member of staff.

Risk

The more risk you take, the more alive you really are.

Warning Signs

Beware the politician who uses the word "force" when referring to policy initiatives.

Great Con Tricks of the 21st Century

Cash back schemes offered by mobile phone companies.

Casualties of War

Governments measure the success of a military operation by how few civilians have been killed. Civilians measure the failure of a military operation by how many civilians have been killed.

Moral Absolutes

A country that defines its domestic and foreign policy on the basis of moral absolutes sows the seeds of its own destruction.

Tolerance

It is regrettable that some countries, which loudly proclaim to the world that they are the bastions of free speech and democracy, contain so many people who are remarkably intolerant of diverse political and religious opinions.

Such countries should look to their own failings, before telling others how they should structure themselves.

Companies

Companies do not run themselves on autopilot, directors need to be proactive and direct.

Advice To MBNA Credit Cards

It really pisses people off to be called more than ten times in a fortnight by your call centre, just to be told about a new product.

Budgets

A company without a budget is like a ship without a compass, it will end up going nowhere very quickly.