Keen to take the positives from his experiences, he believes the rough and smooth of his life in England have helped him improve his work.
The GMB union has disputed the figures and said that global companies had to learn "to take the rough with the smooth".
That reminder is not to impugn the integrity of the minutes or the staff, but there is a natural tendency to smooth off the rough edges of minority viewpoints.
One of my mentors once told me that in order to run a successful company, you need to be exceptional in at least one or two skills, and smooth out the rough edges on everything else.
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We are left with the stark realization that we are not in control and we can no longer use marketing to just smooth over the rough spots in our offerings and the disconnects in our brand propositions.
While America has had numerous third parties, one of our system's strengths is that it in effect forces one of the major parties to co-opt and smooth out the rough edges of issues that third parties may advocate.
It's the juxtaposition between the rough side of life and the smooth side of life that you can find within a stone's throw, from one street to another.
The path to your purpose might be hard and rough or it might be easy and smooth.
"With the high resolution Mars Orbiter Camera images, things that look smooth at low resolution appear very rough from high resolution and vice versa, " said David Spencer, mission manager for the Mars 2001 mission.
Leaving the island, torrential rain battered the boat and the rough sea had no desire to give us a smooth journey back to Guapi, typical for this perpetually hot, wet climate.
His spokesman, a loyal but rough spin-doctor, was replaced earlier this year by a smooth-talking Catalan who is not even a member of Mr Aznar's party.
"If you had no high resolution images and you tried to go someplace smooth from Viking images, you'd probably land someplace pretty rough and dangerous from a landing standpoint, " he said.
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