Imagine somebody who works for you has a good idea, what happens? Do you add it to the pile of other good ideas for a development team to implement, someday? Do you ask for further analysis and a cost benefit justification? Do you ask them to get the 10 necessary signatures so that it can […]
Archives for April 2011
Let the Train Take the Strain
This morning on the train from Nottingham into London the “train manager” made an announcement: “Due to health and safety reasons we are only allowed to take 2 bicycles on this train, will passengers who want to bring a bicycle on the train please reserve a place holder, as in future they will be refused […]
Dead Connection
A lady in America lost her father to cancer. His old telephone supplier are chasing her for the £300 he owes them (since he died), despite the fact that she has no legal obligation to pay. She is, understandably, a tad upset. Innovative things that they could have done instead: Apologised profusely and cancelled the […]
Better Sex in 8 Seconds
Information is accumulating at an alarming rate In 2008 the number of web pages exceeded 1 trillion, at a second a page it would take 32,000 years to read them all. This is a problem. With so much information how do you get people to pay attention to your information. How do you stop them […]