Running a business is tough I used to run my own business. It was hard work. I have the utmost respect for anybody who does it. The constraint on my business wasn’t the lack of good ideas or cash — I have plenty of ideas and I could always find somebody to lend me money. […]
The Rules of the Workplace
The 20 rules: Prioritise the work Don’t make your customers wait There is always more work than people Study the work Understand how the work works Standardise the work If the work is important write it down Train your staff Make the work easy Build systems Stream line the work Find the bottleneck Clean the […]
What Type of Boss are You?
In most businesses there are two types of bosses (maybe more): Some are managerial Managers think strategically, they work out exactly where they want to go and then create plans to get them there, as effectively as possible. They plan, organise and execute. Managers… Have big plans Search out resources Exploit and optimise Work out the […]
5 TED Talks
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 […]
The Problem with Protectionism
When I was a teenager… The gadget to be seen with was a Walkman. Modelled by tall blondes on roller-skates cruising along sun-kissed Californian beaches Desired — in my case — by a spotty youth sitting in a bush shelter in rain-swept North Yorkshire The Walkman was so popular it even lead to social scientists coining […]
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