THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE DOES A SPOT OF UNBOXING
Friends, when they write the history of this time and this planet, there will be but two words seared into whatever the equivalent of The Hitchhiker’s Guide is then. Those words won’t be ‘Mostly Harmless’. They’ll be this: Unboxing. Videos. And that will tell the aliens all they need to know. This remarkable phenomenon, where […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS ALL ABOUT WELLNESS, PROBABLY
So it turns out that the kind of industry Update you like best is one which isn’t about the industry at all. After last week’s effort I got more reactions and messages than at any time since the very early days of the Update. Thanks to everyone that took the time to write. Maybe I […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE NEVER CHECKS ITS FACTS
**STOP PRESS – EMBARK TAKES ZURICH – more in the links section below** “Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS GETTING NERVOUS ABOUT DEADx
Hello everyone. Well, the week is finally here when I stop punting our annual DeadX conference, because this is the week when we do the conference and then go for a lie down. In fact it’s tomorrow. So my mind is all full of what we’re going to be talking about at The DeadX Talks, […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE SAYS ‘NO DECORATIONS TILL DECEMBER’
We live in bifurcated times, siblings. Families fight over Brexit. Friends feud over Russian interference in our elections. And colleagues carp over whether Mike really should still be in Strictly Come Dancing. Apparently. What we need is something to heal us. A cause we can all get behind. That which unites us is greater than […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS THINKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT STUFF – PART 2
After Mike’s Update of a couple of weeks ago, it’s a total joy and a welcome break from industry stuff and wider nonsense to welcome a new lang kitten to the world. Steve Nelson, who many of you will know as @langcatsteve, is the proud dad of Eva Nelson-Lebov who turned up yesterday. Eva and […]
TEN THINGS WE LEARNED FROM STATE OF THE ADVISER NATION 2018. NUMBER 7 WILL DRIVE YOU WILD!
So, it’s my second to last working day before paternity leave starts and I’m ticking off items on the to-do list faster than an [insert witty metaphor here that I’m too busy to think of]. Our second annual State of the Adviser Nation (SOTAN from hereon) research is in the field and Chester McSillypants here […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT ADVICE IS ANY MORE
Back from half term, just as you all go off on yours. In a week where timescales have proved to be pretty contentious, it’s tempting to make a political crack about that, but I’m going to resist. So let’s just Get Update Done and I think if we all really put our own agendas to […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS THINKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT STUFF
It’s been getting on for 4.5 years since I joined the lang cat and still I get caught out by some of the differences between England and Scotland. Not the obvious things, like weather or length of tenure in major sporting events, but smaller details like holidays. So, while England is head down hard at […]
Mental health awareness is for life, not just for #WorldMentalHealthDay
Regular visitors to the lang cat will know that we are keen to encourage people to talk about mental health. Many would agree that working in financial services can be stressful. The competitive environment and performance expectations can lead to long hours, poor work life balance and a “work hard / play hard” culture. Confessing […]
