Agent Squirrel - the first!

I think this is where it all started...well this and a drink or two in a Belfast bar with some fellow academics...the concept? Well more of a question was asked by all of those sat around the table: why are business text books so bloody boring? Where is the gratuitous violence, the sex, the comedy of real business and lets be honest more people will read a Lee Child or Suzanne Portnoy than pick up a business book.

Now that's probably got you logging on to Amazon to check those out...so I'll just go and have a coffee (black, Colombian, aribica, south side!)...

OK - so you can see the type of stuff that I occasionally read :-)! Please add your favourites to the comments...

Meanwhile back at the ranch - Squirrel was borne out of this meeting of business text agent provocateurs in a Belfast bar, late at night and fuelled by Beer and chocolate cake. The first commission was the one above (I think - layout not my strong point!) for the Western Mail- it caught the imagination of readers and has gone on to become a serialised column in several business magazines including the award winning 'The Business'. In part I have to thank Jo Barnes for the encouragement and of course the many thousands of people who read and then comment on Squirrels adventures.

The fun part for many is to spot the references to people and places and of course brands. Much of what Squirrel experiences is drawn from my own experiences, scrapes and escapes...