<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Hunter - Richard's blog news</title><link>/blog/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Saatchi abolishes bonuses</title><description>At the recent AdForum Summit, which this year was held in Paris, the CEO of Saatchi&amp;Saatchi, Robert Senior had many interesting things to say in his presentation about what makes Saatchi different.</description><link>/blog/saatchi-abolishes-bonuses/</link></item><item><title>Shedding light on Budvar, (part 3); The cheapest audit in town</title><description>I recommend first to read this article by the editor of Ceska Pozice on HZ Consult.</description><link>/blog/shedding-light-on-budvar-part-3-the-cheapest-audit-in-town/</link></item><item><title>Shedding light on Budvar (part 2); Bad management?</title><description>My consultancy deals in the selection and development of top management. Such managers expect to be evaluated on results; such results are quantified, and benchmarked.</description><link>/blog/shedding-light-on-budvar-part-2-bad-management/</link></item><item><title>Shedding light on Budvar (part 1); Excessive marketing costs?</title><description>Having previously stated my concerns about the apparent politically driven attack on Budejovicky Budvar, I submitted two Freedom of Information requests to the Ministry of Agriculture on the matter.</description><link>/blog/shedding-light-on-budvar-part-1-excessive-marketing-costs/</link></item><item><title>Iron Lady, or scrap metal?</title><description>Have you seen the film, &quot;The Iron lady&quot; yet?</description><link>/blog/iron-lady-or-scrap-metal/</link></item><item><title>Don&#039;t be too foreign!</title><description>I was very pleased to see this article in HN, about the English (actually Scottish) butcher, Chris Robertson, whom we also recommend on our pages.</description><link>/blog/don-t-be-too-foreign/</link></item><item><title>BUDVAR - request to Ministry of Agriculture</title><description>Under the Freedom of Information Law , (106), on Monday 13th February I sent the following request to the Ministry of Agriculture.</description><link>/blog/budvar-request-to-ministry-of-agriculture/</link></item><item><title>Hands off Budvar!</title><description>There are important and reasonable questions to ask about Budějovický Budvar. Should a brewery be owned by the State?</description><link>/blog/hands-off-budvar/</link></item><item><title>Can an agency really &#039;choose&#039; its clients?</title><description>I recommend Petr Vaclavek&#039;s article in this week&#039;s MaM, in which he claims that his agency Lemonade will only work with clients which &quot;it chooses&quot;.</description><link>/blog/can-an-agency-really-choose-its-clients/</link></item><item><title>Plzen - City of Culture</title><description>This innovative piece of communication greeted me in the toilets of U Mansfelda pub.</description><link>/blog/plzen-city-of-culture/</link></item></channel></rss>
