Half the room ended up by the window. Half by the bar. Nobody planned it, and nobody moved for twenty minutes.

I watched this happen at a reception mixing UK a...

A Mexican corporate affairs manager spends the weekend before a big London pitch working through a business masterclass online. Lesson four says that holding ey...

You sent the follow-up the same afternoon. Summary of what was agreed, action points, a suggested date for the next call. Clear, prompt, professional.

Then not...

‘We'll certainly take that on board.’

You leave the meeting satisfied. The questions were good. Someone on their side even mentioned exploring next steps. You ...

I have accompanied a lot of technical missions over the years. British hosts, Latin American visitors, a full programme of back-to-back meetings, and lunch serv...

By the time the coffee arrived, you’d been introduced to two people who weren’t on the original invite, the conversation had moved well off the agenda, and nobo...

You sent the agenda four days out.

Three items. Tight. Time-boxed. One page attached to the calendar invite so everyone could come prepared.

They confirmed at...

Contrary to what most British professionals assume, interpreting a technical meeting about infrastructure is often simpler than interpreting the lunch that foll...

Between late March and September, something shifts in the way British professionals relate to each other. The diary fills differently. Conversations have a diff...