I had a huge row with NP over conference badges. Our relationship would never survive this – and all all because she thought it wouldn’t matter if delegates were asked to hand-write their own names on sticky labels…!

I thought differently. For this reason I brought 100 beautifully crafted, laminated and logo-ed badges in my briefcase to the conference. NP should have waited for me before dishing out the cheap felt-tipped pens and tawdry stickers to the first arrivals.