& the corporate trouble shooter passes away

Former chairman of chemicals firm ICI Sir John Harvey-Jones has died, it has been announced.
The 83-year-old died peacefully in his sleep following a long illness
Damn, we go one more light in the stout bulldog department. He was a pretty decent bloke & we will miss his wild ties to boot. My favourite quote of his
Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. And the nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression
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Down here in Godzone we've lost a great Kiwi as well... Sir Edmund Hillary has climbed his last mountain.
RIP Sir Ed
Posted by: Rhys | January 11, 2008 11:08 AM