You may or may not recall a post from 7th July reporting on a conference I'd attended. At which I'd seen AB speaking and found him very inspirational. My efforts to persuade TheOldPlace to get him to visit haven't borne fruit yet (not that I've heard at any rate), but I can tick the 'to do' from my list as apparently he came to visit here over the summer. This morning I read a report of the day that he was a part of and it would seem that I wasn't the only one to find him inspirational and a great speaker. I pitied the marketing department who were unfavorably compared in their presentation style, although to be fair he was probably getting to repeat something he'd done many times before. I mentioned all this to my new boss in passing and he dryly noted that AB was "probably a failed standup comedian".