Crocapocalypse
Due to an unforeseen but crocastrophic mistake (or an unhelpful linking of two different wordpress sites in my browser – not sure which), I accidentally… Read More »Crocapocalypse
Stuart Patience
Tom Peters on human resources and servant leadership
This is a slide from Tom Peters on putting people really first – well worth checking out.
Anything yet: the hockey stick
Sustainable growth? I was going to call this ‘the exponential function’, but I didn’t want to put you off. This is a key force behind… Read More »Anything yet: the hockey stick
Anything yet
Here’s the intuition: New technologies – including ideas, techniques and ways of thinking, as well as physical tools – very often come from the creative… Read More »Anything yet
Counting stamps
Examining the economics of the mail, he [Charles Babbage] pursued a counter-intuitive insight, that the significant cost comes not from the physical transport of paper… Read More »Counting stamps
You can’t stay
As you start working for change, seeking success in whatever terms you define it, it’s worth asking yourself what you’re willing to give up to… Read More »You can’t stay
Datapoints
What the wizards at the various casinos have figured out how to do is wire up the slot machines so that they’re constantly playing with… Read More »Datapoints
Hinterland
Cities can’t exist without a hinterland – the ‘land behind’ and around them that supports the city, provides people, resources, a place for the products of the… Read More »Hinterland
After the transaction
This post was lost in the Crocapocalypse – I’m reposting it with its original date. Ask yourself these questions about the transaction – the one you put… Read More »After the transaction
World without ends
This post was lost in the Crocapocalypse – I’m reposting it with its original date. Yesterday I posted about beginning with the end in mind. Today’s question… Read More »World without ends