You can find just about anything on the internet The web is full of ideas, answers and solution. Some of it is good, some of it is bad, and some of it — for some reason that is beyond me — is about laughing cats. If you must waste your life surfing the net (and I […]
What Could a Lab Rat Teach You About Leadership?
In the 1960’s a couple of scientists (Rosenthal and Frode) were busy trying to breed clever rodents. To see if they had succeeded they ran some experiments with two strains of rats and a series of mazes: The first strain was “maze bright”, with parents and grand parents who were good at navigating mazes The […]
Tedious but Important
Some jobs are just plain boring In the dim and distant past I was a Development Manager for a frozen food company. My role was to launch new products, beef-burgers, potato waffles, ready meals, you get the idea. Part of the job was very exciting, but part of it was as dull as dishwater. The […]
The Stop Button
How does your stop button work? If you walk around a manufacturing plant you will see that every machine has a stop button. They are easy to spot. They are big, round, red, attached to a bright yellow box and bear the legend STOP. Hit the stop button and the machine will come to an […]
The Minimalist
It does just what it says on the tin Have you noticed that the simplest things are often the best? Diamond earrings One line gags A stop sign Pencil drawings A wind up alarm clock Walking on the beach We love simple things, we love things that “do just what it says on the tin”. […]
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