The passing of Brian Murdoch, the legendary caterer at Kidderminster Harriers for some 57 years, is an apt reminder of why quality counts and reputation is everything. Brian’s admirable approach flew in the face of fashion in ways that the good burghers of modern football, who...
By Brendan McMahon – owner of Classic Lines Design and CGM’s creative lead I have fond memories of the Business Media Club since it began and have attended club meetings in Worcester and Birmingham, indeed most of the 100 meetings that have taken place over the...
A rancid phrase has entered the Twittersphere in recent times to demean anyone who dares to care about their fellow man – virtue signalling. Sadly, the people who use this silly expression – with footballer Marcus Rashford being the latest to be accused of ‘celebrity’ virtue...
"I was trying to sell jazz, but they wanted blues. It was the biggest lesson I ever learned in business." Those are the words of Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, the most iconic record label of all time. Gordy’s reflection on his failed Detroit record store...
At our last Radical Rethink session in October we discussed how to get your message out to the wider world as we head into winter with Covid-19 still very much with us. Specifically, we focused on turning deeds into actions and words to enable us to...
CGM is 10 years old this autumn and for the last seven of those years we’ve proudly ran our Business Media Club each month. Well, almost. In March this year the Covid-19 lockdown kicked the idea of in person meetings into touch. While others raced headlong into...
Since lockdown we’ve entered a webinar wonderland. Early on, businesses were urged to breezily bounce back with the buzzword ‘resilience’ ringing in their ears and ill-advised monikers like Jump Back July as if Coronavirus never happened or wasn’t likely to led to massive long lasting changes...
My previous blog explained how opportunity spotting got me the job as editor of the world’s biggest live sports event website – the official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games website. Now I was in the hot seat I had to change things and focus on our goals...
On the eve of what should have been the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, here is the first in series of blogs recalling Chris Green’s time as editor of the Official Beijing 2008 Games website – the last time the games were held in Asia...
Joni Mitchell called it right in Big Yellow Taxi – “You don't know what you've got ‘til it’s gone”. The latest particular paradise people seem to want to pave and replace with a parking lot of sorts is the BBC. No sooner had hundreds of regional jobs...