The Shoemaker’s Children AKA Octagon Strategy Group

There’s the oft repeated chestnut that the shoemaker’s children go barefoot  because their parent is too busy fixing the foot gear of others to repair those nearest and dearest.  There’s another one I like about knowing who the best hairdresser in a salon is- the one with the worst haircut, since she’s regularly busy expertly [...]

Stop and Smell the Prose

I think we’re all clear on the fact that business isn’t as usual globally.  Tree based publishing is in desperate need of a life support system and the markets are sinking lower than Paris Hilton in her quest for fame.  And yet, we know it will get better – but what to do in the [...]