People who dislike exclusivity based on discrimination against gender, race, faith, sexuality or political hue are termed ‘reasonable people’. That such xenophobia seems anachronistic in the developed world in the 21st century is a reasonable enough stance. Wimmin like to shame bastions of maleness in an often aggressive manner, and the voice of what the…
Tag: golf slump
Business
Sir Alex Ferguson and Des Tutu
by Dominic O'Byrne •
You would have been proud of me, Dear Reader. My left brain was kvetching and boiling with guilt about not posting the minimum recommended once weekly blog, right brain countered that followers already deluged with blogs, tweets and e-nuggets of questionable import had earned time out. So I posted nothing. I scoured the golf news…
Golf
The Trust Curve
by Dominic O'Byrne •
In 2007 and 2008 the business of sourcing news from all over the world was straightforward. It looks set to become so once again. From the laptop I ran a successful 2-way communications channel with client distributor networks around the world. A lot of it was habit: once they got used to it they were…
Golf
What’s important
by Dominic O'Byrne •
Between 2002 and 2008 we enjoyed (seriously enjoyed) boom time in golf. We’ll do figures later, but this has been like a siege. Clients and suppliers have generally managed to get by. But more importantly, they have given credit for products and services way beyond what is reasonable. When the good times return, we’ll look back…