Oh that's very nice to hear, thank you. I'm glad you found the book of interest and I'd be very interested to know what colleagues think of it, if you manage to get a reading group going.

I hope you find it interesting!

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Ken Hyland

sounds interesting! The book is pretty dark in places - well the first half - but it does offer something more positive and something we hope to talk about this year at Leeds and elsewhere.

agreed! and just using only first names when talking about colleagues (usually senior) in a meeting (clearly indicating the status and social/professional circle of the person name dropping)