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An extract from ‘Tulsa’

“I’d like to know you naked, so I could better understand you dressed / Clothes get between us, hiding what’s behind your eyes and mine,” I write, in a poem named Tulsa.

These lines perfectly reflect the tone of a collection of poetry that exposes my poetic side, revealing far more than nakedness could.

Esteemed English Author Martin Amis Is Dead

(Guardian UK) The writer Martin Amis, who has died aged 73 of oesophageal cancer, delighted, provoked, inspired and outraged readers of his fiction, reportage and memoirs across a literary career that set off like a rocket and went on to dazzle, streak and burn for...

At the Office, Dress for the Job You Hope to Get

We have Steve Jobs to thank for the fact that office dress, even at the highest levels (which he came to define) has slowly deteriorated from casual Fridays to jeans and sloppy T-shirts in the lower ranks. And I guess that’s okay, certainly more than okay as the...

The Latest Fad—Data Driven Business Decisions

It’s unfair to call out a trend as a ‘fad,’ so let’s define it. ‘An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities.’ Okay, that’ll do until proven otherwise. And understand, at the...

Drive the Results or Be Empathetic

That's today’s lead question in the head office, and a lot depends on whether you’re a long-game or short-game company. I define short-gamers as those companies that are set up to be sold off for a quick profit. Nothing wrong with that, but it means squeezing...