My father-in-law watched the recent Dave Allen tribute programme on BBC2 and reminded me last night of the classic clock joke (shown below on Youtube). The gist is that we live and die by the clock, everything we do focused on the clock, our lives ruled by partially imagined constraints – and somehow we can’t … Continue reading »
Sorry Forbes but politics SHOULD be more like business…
In the run up to the recent US elections Forbes.com ran an article entitled “Why Government Should Not Be Run Like A Business”. The piece focused on the differences between the public and the private states and how the notion of ‘efficient’ business shouldn’t be glibly applied to the world of politics and national governance. … Continue reading »
Training, Fun and a Shared Experience – Developing a Problem-Solving Workforce
Free image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net July sees the launch of something truly exciting at Meridian Speciality Packaging. I’ve long had faith in the benefits to an employer of its staff seeking personal development. In terms of training and development, there’s a general acceptance now of a significant interplay between experiential learning and abstract conceptualisation[1]. So … Continue reading »
A lovely day.
Reblogged from Bimba mia.: *** Really special Flash mob on an underground train from Euston, London. It is so good to see how someone can make your day so memorable ; ) Another flash mob example from the end of last year…this one with a twist. No pressure!
The Transcendent Power of a Great Flash Mob Remains
We’ve seen so many flash mobs by now it’s easy to underestimate the power they still retain nearly a decade after they arrived in New York. My first reaction to a genuinely great flash mob has always been one of surprise, then a certain amount of bewilderment and a feeling of concern for the bystanders. … Continue reading »
A história minimalista das Copas do Mundo
Reblogged from : Love this take on the world cup. Seems to capture just how fleeting but dramatic it feels!
Amazon to Write the Future for Online Shoppers Demanding Physical Customer Experiences.
US discount retailer Target’s decision to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle e-readers[1] has been seen as an attempt to stem the growing trend of consumer “showrooming” whereby online consumers try before they buy in the physical stores of the etailers’ traditional rivals. Indeed, Target’s CEO Gregg Steinhafel sent a letter to his company’s suppliers stating plainly: … Continue reading »
The SME Manager as Writer-Director: What it Takes to Wear Two Hats
I read a nicely written short blog by Stuart Cross the other day and it got me thinking about the difficulty of wearing two hats as a manager of a small company, where you can’t simply create a vision and inspire others to transform it into action. Stuart was a guest speaker at a Service … Continue reading »
Performance Related Rewards – What’s Your Rubbish Truck?
What Bubba Watson’s win should teach us as managers
A triumph for positive experimentation and innovation and what this should tell us as managers As I witnessed the exciting climax to this year’s Masters golf tournament, I marvelled at the joyous nature of Bubba Watson’s win. Here was something rare: an unorthodox, unschooled, legend in the making, offering a welcome antidote to the wearisome, … Continue reading »
