THE ART OF DELEGATION

Like most successful businessmen, Wilson is very good at Delegating – it's just a shame that the similarity doesn't extend to actually being successful.

He is always happy to delegate tasks which he doesn't want to do, or which might get him into trouble.

This is the reason it's poor Nërp that's been tasked with fly-posting adverts for Wilson's Xmas CD – the recording was only completed last night, but already W's well-oiled Publicity Department (headed by marketing guru Antony) has swung into action.

I reminded Wilson that in the recent past I had categorically forbidden him to do any fly-posting. 

He considered for a moment, then told me he had 'Absolutely no recollection' of me ever saying that…