Today I have an early start to catch the 6:55am Turkish Airlines flight from London to Istanbul. Thank goodness it is not British Airways, with all the trouble with the new Heathrow Terminal Five. Knowing my luck, my bags would arrive in Ataturk airport and I would be in New York.

There is a lesson to be learned from the BA move into Terminal 5. It is a lesson I learned from my days in computers.

Never buy something that has just launched, the product or service has not bedded down, has not been snagged, that is, had all the faults identified.

So, tomorrow night, I am giving a talk to Vodafone (Turkey).

I am well rehearsed, and my translator knows me well. So, I am looking forward to a great night, and the start of nearly one months training.