Randy Nornes, EVP of AON Global began this morning’s discussion of corporate reputation at the New York Bar Association building in Manhattan by saying that US businesses rely more on senior management intuition than analysis when assessing corporate risk.

If you are starting out or considering a career change, does the following appeal - learning another language (or three), travelling and working abroad to understand things from different cultural angles, putting yourself in other people's shoes and thinking 'what's in it for me?'

In my travels, I've discovered that you cannot go anywhere without the US presidential elections popping up in the conversation, even in seemingly unrelated topics or circumstances.