by Mike | Mar 4, 2012 | CADS Blog
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Jonathan Baldwin BBC’s Radio 4 had a programme on the language of ties last week. As an avowed non-tie wearer (both for physical and ideological reasons), I think the politics of ties are interesting. You can listen to it on iPlayer,...
by Mike | Feb 28, 2012 | CADS Blog, CADS Lunch Speakers, Events Blog
Our guest speaker for the February CADS lunch was Marti Sijthoff from the European Leadership Platform. The platform offers leaders and leadership experts the opportunity to engage in Roundtable dialogues with their peers. Much has been said about the difference...
by Mike | Feb 18, 2012 | CADS Blog
When I was a small boy, I was only scared of two things: my father and big steam trains. How times have changed. Now I’m scared of the financial meltdown of the Euro, all dogs (I have a phobia having recently been bitten by one— it turned out to belong to an Amsterdam...
by Mike | Feb 17, 2012 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair
The January lunch produced a good crop of members to listen to Julian Tangaere tell us about Antarctica. You can find some of the amazing facts he gave us via John Richardson’s blogs on the new CADS website – check it out if you haven’t already done so. We have moved...
by Mike | Feb 15, 2012 | CADS Blog, Cricket, Events Blog
The expat cricket club at the end of the runway. Amsterdam’s VRA cricket club (where we will be holding our July CADS Jubilee cricket lunch—live on Sky Sports) has been home-from-home to many expat journeymen, women, wives and girlfriends over the years. There’s...
