There are five frogs on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? Answer: Five. Because deciding and doing are not the same thing! Hence the title of a new book Five Frogs on a Log: The CEO's Field Guide to Accelerating the Transition in Mergers, Acquisitions and Gut Wrenching Change, details of which crossed the Margin's desk this week. Published by John Wiley, the book is the work of Mark L.

Feldman and Michael F. Spratt - clearly two authors who will not be caught on the hop!