Death and taxes In the U.K. we pay car tax — we pay lots of other taxes as well. Every private car owner pays the DVLA (driver vehicle licensing authority) about £200 per year — the exact price depends on the car. (This complicated approach to taxation confuses the public and allows the government to […]
The Antimatter Principle
A metaphor Antimatter is by far the most valuable substance, by weight, known to Man (around $25 billion per gram). It’s incredibly rare, amazingly expensive and difficult to produce, and yet is by far the most powerful energy source we presently know of. It’s also the very epitome of alienness. Seems like a good metaphor […]
Selling an Idea
Presentation skills I guess that you — like me — spend lots of time selling ideas. Trying to get funding and resources for the projects and improvements that you want to do. My standard approach is to bang a load of information into PowerPoint and hope for the best. I want to show the man […]
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 […]
Rule 18: Discuss the Work
There are two types of conversations about work: The first is a Friday evening conversation. It is best held at about 5pm in the pub just around the corner from the office in hushed tones. The first conversation discusses who: Who screwed up Who is on the way up Who is on the way out And […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 17
- Next Page »