Posts by Andrew Stanton
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!
Prior to my epiphany with Proptech a few years ago, try saying that with a few seasonal drinks inside you; I was a traditional property man, a stalwart of the status quo, and slow to adapt to change. Not quite one of the ‘if it is not broken don’t fix it’ brigade but close. Now…
Read MoreAre you a Punk Rocker?
Back in the mid 1970’s, as a youth I spent much time wearing a black bin bag, bondage strides and listening to the Sex Pistols, I was trying to be alternative – me and half the country. In time I found myself all grown up and wearing a conservative suit for over three decades, selling…
Read MoreManaging client’s expectations
In late August 1988, when the world was young and I was a fearless negotiator, I was on the way to my first million, or so I naively thought. Having agreed industrial amounts of sales due to my brilliance – in reality due to the tidal wave of activity caused by Nigella Lawson’s dad the…
Read More‘Fit for purpose?’
Like a vast sea washing out at low tide, Covid-19 has revealed a new shoreline where everything looks odd and different and is up for scrutiny. From Philip Green’s Arcadia group retail model, to Countrywide PLC and their 500M losses over the last three years. Or the bottleneck of hundreds of thousands of sales that…
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