I’ve just spent an hour playing Cluedo with my children (it felt much longer). Admit it, you’ve played it, the detective game. The idea is to work out who committed a murder, where they did it and how. I think it was Miss Scarlet in the Hall with the Lead Pipe I think it was […]
How do you Make a Pencil?
In 1958 Leonard E Read wrote an essay about making pencils. He described: The growing of trees The work of a lumberjack The operation of the saw mill The making of the saw The transportation of the logs The mining of the graphite The production of the rubber The mixing of the paint The sourcing […]
When Will You Die Daddy?
A charming question asked me by my 4-year-old daughter this weekend. I didn’t know the answer so I had a search in line for some statistics. In Ancient Rome life expectancy at birth was 28 years old. If you made it through your first 15 years (avoiding all the horrific causes of child mortality) you […]
Caution: Management by Hippopotamus
There is a HiPPO in the room. It is big, loud, ugly and everybody is doing what it wants. The HiPPO is the Highest Paid Persons Opinion. You can spot HiPPO’s quite easily, they are expressed forcefully, everybody nods and agrees with them and they are always the last thing said. A HiPPO is a […]
The You Tube MBA, Free and On-line
Is there anything useful on You Tube? Anything that will challenge your outlook? Anything that will give you a different perspective on business? Maybe, though you do have to look hard, and keep well away from “promoted videos”, they will suck up your time and spit it out. Here is what I found, in descending […]
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