‘On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes’’, was written by Francois de Callieres, the distinguished French diplomat in the court of Louis XlV.  Although de Callieres’s book was first published in 1716, it may offer us some very useful insight into what may be happening in the various EU capitals today in the Brexit negotiations.…

The gig economy is on the rise - we can experience it while downloading yet another on-demand service app, meeting yet another freelancer, or seeing an increasing amount of temporary project-based job openings. The gig economy is also a highly discussed trend in different media outlets and industry reports. Some time ago I discussed the gig economy in…

After listening to and reading the media over the last days, it may be prudent to rely on what politicians do and not what they say. The media seems to be interested in commentating only on what they say. This certainly is borne out with Mr Trump’s recent visit to Brussels, London and Helsinki. Amazingly…

  We are never short of surprises with Mr. Trump. The careful and somewhat disciplined style of communicating of previous presidents of the lawyer-cum-politician as opposed to the New York real estate style of Donald Trump, has hit the headlines again, but not in the way most of us expected. Just as President Trump was…