Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com
By Martin Lukes
Published: January 4 2007 02:00 | Last updated: January 4 2007 02:00
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Michelle.Evans@a-bglobal.com
SUBJECT: here's to a turbo-charged new year!!!
Hi Michelle. Did you have a good one?? Family alright??
I spent crimble chez moi in the end, but have recharged the batteries and replenished my creovative™ ideas store! Hope you're also feeling turbo-charged going into 2007!!!
Urgent task: can u get a very large white board and put it up in reception? I want to have the words TALK TO MARTIN printed across the top. Ta muchly, M
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Fiona.Shackleton@phb.com
SUBJECT: New Year starting on a better note
Fiona - thanks for your message. Great news that the lady wife is finally seeing sense re contact arrangements. Also thank god they they aren't going ahead with the Asbo. Let's dialogue soonest. Martin
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Jenny.Withers@gmail.com
SUBJECT: new year/new leaf!!
Hi Jens - Can I congratulate you on starting the year on a more positive note? New year, new leaf! I hope you will take this constructively when I say I'm a tad concerned that you are instilling a somewhat materialistic headset in Carly and Max. Neither seemed grateful for my gifts, which were modest yet appropriate. Frankly, Jens, I'm going the extra mile to teach them that the best gift is love. It would be helpful if we could sing from the same hymnsheet on this . . .
Bestest, Martin
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Cindy.Czarnikow@a-bglobal.com
SUBJECT: heads up re developments on Green Sky
Hi Cindy - First up, I wanted to wish you a happy new year - I think the company under your leadership is looking stronger, more confident and compelling than ever!
Just a couple of things to flag up for what they're worth. Had a very interesting session at a New Year party with Rt Hon David Miliband, who is a personal friend and who insiders now tip to be the next prime minister of the country. He is fascinated at my Green Sky concept, and is planning to showcase it at Defra. Also I've been nominated as UK's "Sustainable Leader to Watch" for 2007 by Management Today. There will be a big interview with myself in the magazine next month. Will get my office to send it to you.
Bestest, Martin
TUESDAY JANUARY 2 2007!!
First up, joyous 2007 to one and all!! I have a gut feeling that it is going to be a sensational year for us as individuals and siblings in the a-b glöbâl family.
I had thought I would begin my first Mind Bullet of 2007 with my New Year's resolutions. But I have come up with something considerably more creovative™ that has been road tested by my good friend David Miliband at Defra.
You may have noticed a white board in reception that says "Talk to Martin" at the top. It is deliberately retro and lo-tech - sometimes our dependence on technology stifles our most radical ideas. I want you all to write down favourite resolutions on the board for us all to share. A tip - a psychologist chum of mine says the reason we find resolutions hard to keep is that they are driven by delivering value only to ourselves. A resolution that is about assisting others to peak perform is one we are compelled to keep!
Keep it authentic! Martin
PS Check out Miliband's blog. Incredible serendipity of Green Minds: we both gave our loved ones pencil cases made out of recycled tyres as Wintertide gifts!
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Michelle.Evans@a-bglobal.com
SUBJECT: whiteboard prankster
Michelle - just seen that some idiot has scrawled under TALK TO MARTIN "Don't bother - he doesn't listen". Go down and wipe it off NOW.
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Michelle.Evans@a-bglobal.com
SUBJECT: whiteboard prankster
Shit - well find a special solvent to get it off with! Also find me the culprit. They should have been caught on CCTV?
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Jake.Lukes@gmail.com
SUBJECT: yesterday
Jake - Can't discuss this now. I have a company to run. But frankly I did not "make a twat of myself" at Nobo yesterday. The issue is how much coke you and Jade are taking - and frankly your flirting so outrageously with Alice. And no I don't know why our share price is going up again . . . probably the excellent job your father is doing.
FROM: Martin.Lukes@a-bglobal.com on 02/01/07
TO: Alice.Bloom@envirowisdom.co.uk
SUBJECT: miss you
Peach - how you enjoying your first day back at the envirowisdom offices??? Am still plotting a way of getting you back here for good
Hope I wasn't over the top last night. To be 120 per cent honest, it's a long time since I took the white stuff . . . though methought you and Jake were being a bit too chummy, which was why I reacted as I did . . .
I've always been able to enjoy a joke as much as the next person, and so I've had a good laugh at the quip re my listening skills on the white board. As you know, listening is at the heart of my DNA footprint. I've been listening hard to the sensational resolutions and I hope you will have enjoyed the one I have added to the list: "See yourself as others do - as a supporting actor in THEIR movie, not a leading actor in your own."
Keep it authentic, Martin
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007
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