I couldn't help going over to shake hands with a senior Director from a rival Catering Company who I spotted in the crowd at the Savoy Hotel yesterday...

"You probably don't remember me, but you interviewed me for a job about three years ago."

"Don't tell me I didn't hire you."

"You didn't hire me."

"Who do you work for now?"

"Eh, the chap about to give the lecture. Just celebrated three years with BaxterStorey last Friday."

I'll never forget his summing up of me in that interview:

"Thomas, I can see you are so ambitious, that whatever I do offer you, you'll be banging on my office door within eight months demanding a newer bigger project."

And...?