John Duncan no longer has an owner but is house trained and consults for newspapers around the world. His specialism is competitive strategy, innovation and change. He also enjoys barking at conferences and J schools. John learned his trade in the UK. He worked for the Guardian as a Rottweiler (sports news correspondent) before ending up as the managing editor of the Observer. In six years as ME of the paper it gained 100,000 readers and was $18 million a year better off. Possibly a total coincidence. Possibly a heroic solo effort. Probably somewhere in between.