May 2023

Of all the fads that have graced the business bookshelves over the years, my least favourites are those books advising me not to give a f**k. This is because, in my opinion, we live in communities, and indeed, on a planet, which requires us all to give more of a f**K. True volunteers are getting …

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Do you know what cordwainers did for a living? Or coopers, or maltsters, or ostlers? I didn’t. They were, respectively, shoemakers, barrel-makers, grain selectors and horse handlers. Do you know what it meant to be a journeyman? It did not mean travelling, as I first thought. It was the stage of a trade or craft …

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