James Hardie

For about 3 or 4 year years in my late thirties I dabbled with corporate employment.

I dabbled and they suffered.

Like a polyester suit in the tropics it never really worked for me.

At least I gave it a good shake before pulling the plug.

In the end, I just had to admit that any organisation over say 50 people was too big for my capacity to bear bullshit.

Corporate life did however give me a sound basis to negotiate deals with corporations though.

Most negotiations require a great deal of empathy for the other side, including an understanding of the individual motivations of your counter-party apparatchiks.