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Edition 479 – Tough Calls

Sometimes, things don’t work out in business. You come up with an idea. You scope it out. You put it all together. You roll it out. Then, no matter the reason, it simply doesn’t fire. It doesn’t generate the response that you had hoped for, even though you’ve given it time, which leads you to making a tough call.

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Edition 478 – A Glitch In The System

A regular, weekly newsletter arrives from a great friend and trusted colleague, at the same time each week. When a moment arrives in the diary to clear some things, I dial in and take a look. Except, it looks and sounds a lot like last week’s missive. Like, word for word. I reach out to my friend, who responds somewhat frustratingly, later in the day, that she’d also picked that up. Apparently, there was a “glitch in the system” according to the individual tasked with lining up the newsletter, that meant it was doubled up.

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Edition 475 – Data Informed

It’s a Subaru Outback Touring XT Wagon that’s made it’s way into our garage. As regular readers might recall, it’s been a long drawn out process that has led us to our first Subaru, and our first Japanese car. The fit and finish is simply incredible, the de-tuned WRX motor is a lovely, punchy thing to drive and the whisper quiet interior is comfortable, functional and top class.

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