Stewart McCure

Writer, performer, management consultant

An Australian living in London.  A self-employed training consultant to the global health care industry.  A producer, director and performer of improv comedy.  A trustee of an adult education charity in West London.  A writer and occaisional blogger

 

 

Breaking up is hard to do

An old uni friend from Australia came to see the show last night. Afterwards we spent a few hours catching up on friends and acquaintances. Naturally her husband, who I was at school with (Sydney can seem ridiculously small), came up in conversation. He's been self-employed for years now, mostly in a partnership with a guy that he's now trying to shed.

The stress of decoupling a two-man band is something I went through a few years ago. The guy I call my 'partner' is really no more than the co-developer of our IP all those years ago. Going from Headcount = 2 to two solo operations with an explicit understanding regarding geographical territories was one of the smartest things we ever did.