In my view this is all part of a much wider problem affecting the way that businesses are run in the western world. In the UK we’ve had a growing problem for at least 2 decades where the vast majority of our businesses are being run by accountants rather than entrepreneurs as was previously traditional. God knows how these idiots managed to persuade everyone that only accountants can run businesses because, to a man, they are universally crap at the job.

One big problem with accountants is that they seem to have an inbuilt mistrust of talented individuals. They simply can't connect with talented people whom they seem to regard as mavericks Once the accountants move in you can bet your life that the first thing they’ll do is get rid of all the highly paid talent. They seem to prefer having their businesses run my ‘yes men’ – but even then, it isn’t long before they start getting rid of the expensive yes men and leave themselves with the cheaper yes men. This saves the business a lot of money. Therefore, on paper at least, the accountants can make it look as though they’re doing a really good job. In the early stages, profits usually rise significantly, year on year. Of course, the problem with a business full of yes men is that they rarely know what they’re talking about. They have little understanding of the needs of customers. Nor do they know how to interface with suppliers - for example, when it comes to specifying products and services that the company needs. This is why you keep getting half-baked specifications that are constantly being changed.

In Britain we have a saying about accountants... accountants are people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. It might be humorous but it’s scarily true....