How to cook a leg of lamb When my wife cooks a leg of lamb she asks me to cut off the last 7 inches – the shank. Cutting the last few inches off a leg of lamb is not easy. It requires a hack saw and good deal of gusto. By the time the […]
What Did You Learn at School Today?
Education is important; nobody would disagree with that. It is a sensible use of our taxes. But if we are spending all that money on education, it is also sensible to make sure it isn’t going to waste, it is sensible to make sure we are getting the best from your school system and teachers. […]
Quality Control Doesn’t Work (and how to fix it)
Here is a bold statement, “inspection doesn’t work“; (literally bold). Yet every organisation I have ever worked for uses and pays for quality controllers. They can’t all be wrong can they? What makes me think I am so right? Maybe, if you read this I will convince you: The shadow illusion. Or perhaps this: Fooling […]
The World’s Most Futile Job
Do you check quality? Do you have a department of quality controllers checking your every move? Do they produce reports, data and analysis till it comes out of their ears? Do you have über checkers, checking the checkers, making sure the check is held true? Do you? Here is a request: Have a look at the last […]
Sexier than George Clooney and Barry White
A new phone I am in the market for a new phone for my home. I found a lovely one. The Bang and Olufsen Beocom 2 When I use it I will look more sophisticated than George Clooney and sound mellower than Barry White. Women will fall at my feet. It is a must have […]