Tim Sargisson: Escaping the perception rat trap

I don't like Mondays … but they can be made more enjoyable when the usual morning routine is pepped up by reading stories such as the recent press coverage of Sir Bob Geldof supposedly being encouraged off the stage after - or in the process of - speaking at Intrinsic's annual conference. The gist of the various reports - strenuously denied, it should be said, by Intrinsic - was that Sir Bob was making disparaging comments about financial advisers, telling his audience ‘the public' hated them and did not trust them. This apparently led to his presentation being cut short - although the o...