Adam Quint

Consultant
at @EgonZehnder London | Views expressed are my own

[Adam Quint @amquint]

#britishairways have done it again, the only flight today to be delayed on way home - something has gone seriously wrong with this airline over the last 10-20 years … from the pride of Britain to simply shite….

[Adam Quint @amquint]

#britishairways the most predictably crap airline in the world - have not flown them for a while, woke up at 230am to get to the airport on time and guess what, a good old two hour minimum delay from a catalogue of errors and inefficiencies - an embarrassment to the UK

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@British_Airways without doubt now the worst airline in the world - turn up having not been able to check in at home, can’t check in at the self service terminals, and guess what, they oversold the flight and I don’t have a seat, total utter idiots, no idea if customer service…

[Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi]

Words matter.

A number of media organisations have editorial guidelines directing them not to use the term 'terrorist' in their reporting of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. 

These guidelines may be borne out of well-intentioned aspirations to appear accurate and impartial. But there is a point at which the failure to use the term 'terrorist', is itself a failure of accuracy and impartiality. 

The depth of the terror that Hamas has inflicted upon innocent people across Israel in recent days is not in doubt. The murder of babies where they sleep is not the act of a 'freedom fighter'. The performative desecration of dead bodies for the benefit of social media, the rape of women and the beheading of civilians in their homes, are not the acts of 'militants'.

The true motives of Hamas could not be clearer. It seeks the murder of Jews and the annihilation of the Jewish state. Their charter says as much. Hamas is no different to ISIS. Did decent, moral people seek to justify the actions of 9/11, 7/7 or the Manchester Arena bombing?

It should be painfully obvious that there is no moral equivalence between those whose motive is to deliberately target innocent civilians in cold blood, and those whose motive is to remove the threat of such murderers. The fact that this discussion is necessary at all is a clear sign that we are losing our moral compass and of the warped nature of the depths to which discourse on Israel has sunk. 

And so I call upon broadcasters to urgently change the way they describe Hamas. Further, I call upon all decent people to have the courage to call out this terror for what it is. We must all be unequivocal that the loss of any innocent life is a tragedy, and that the barbaric, murderous terrrorism of Hamas cannot be denied or obfuscated. It is a matter of deepest regret that some feel otherwise.

This is not 'resistance' or 'struggle'. It is terrorism. To purposefully avoid that word is to wilfully mislead.

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

Live briefing from Tel Aviv—with an IDF Spokesperson LTC (Res.) Jonathan Conricus https://t.co/nOU4IDlsQx

[Adam Quint @amquint]

#Ticketmaster you are impossible to contact, my wife has had surgery and we are devastated we can not attend #Bestival - no customer service, no response, no nothing

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@HastingsDirect I just tried to replace the car on my policy with my new car - same as the old one but four years younger - and my policy more than doubled in price!!!! Was so happy with the smartmiles policy and now I have had to cancel - can someone explain this to me????

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@HastingsDirect can’t believe what a joke - having replaced my car with a newer version of my old one, they charge my £569 additional premium on top of £339!!!! ‘It’s just the algorithm’ they say - pathetic and rubbish....

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@jonlansman There is no equivalence between these completely different situations. Most people find comments about burqas/ letter boxes etc strongly offensive - but the Ch. Rabbi is pointing to very clear institutional antisemitism, a poisoned and racist culture built from the top down

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@wizzair two hours delay so far in Budapest, waiting to get back to my family in London, no explanation beyond that you needed the original plane for a different destination ! What a joke! Advice to everyone, if you can avoid it, don’t ever fly Wizzair!

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@RachelRileyRR Hello Rachel, we worked together briefly at Media Ingenuity/ https://t.co/rBEYLfDD3G as you were auditioning for C'down! Proud of your stand against antisemitism. Have tried to get in touch through agent regarding a Jewish Community event - [email protected]

[juan @juanbuis]

can someone explain why japanese game show 'slippery stairs' hasn't made its way to our part of the world yet

[GnasherJew®גנאשר @GnasherJew]

@Yair_Rosenberg Not shortlisted anymore, she was selected today.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

An augmented-reality expert expects it will be about five years before the technology is mainstream
https://t.co/UYkJwQXsuA

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@mashable It better be worth it ...

[Toby Coppel @tcoppel]

Grow fast or die slow. McKinsey research on software startups shows that growth trumps all else in value creation http://t.co/W6z0DjjCCz

[Adam Quint @amquint]

Excellent thought provoking deck from a16z - the data doesnt lie https://t.co/Pk0Cwc8DXO

[Bill Morein @wmorein]

Really thorough tech funding presentation from @a16z. Most interesting is the slicing by, for example, company age. http://t.co/Jzts1j3Smq

[Quartz @qz]

The Statue of Liberty, 130 years old today, was an early example of crowd-funding http://t.co/dUPcq0ZXRC

[CNBC @CNBC]

This company wants you to lend money to a friend: http://t.co/uWVzqc17zx

[Adam Quint @amquint]

@nirkouris yafeh, wish I could!