We all know about the carrot and stick, but do they work? Embedded below is a fascinating talk by Dan Pink at the the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Apparently the solution is to work on your “transcendent purpose”. Well worth a ten minute ponder.
Best Practice
As a rule I don’t like the idea of best practice. It implies that perfection exists, if you are applying best practice then by definition you can’t get better. I struggle with that idea. I think I have been proven wrong though. Have a look at the video below. Maybe best practice really does exist: […]
Reverend Metal Mickey
A Japanese couple tied the knot last week. Unusually though the ceremony was carried out by a robot. Which all goes to show that you can have as much angst as you like about internet self service and interactive telephony, (does it really provide the same level of service as a human?) But some people […]
Bias
I have just read a blog post about the claimed link between autism and the MMR programme. It is a fascinating read. Despite the numerous surveys that have been undertaken to prove that there is no statistical basis for the claims, the writer still persists. I guess that no amount of facts or data will […]
God Save the President
President Obama launched the SAVE award last year. The (nothing new) principle is that US government employees suggest ideas to save money. The first winner of the award was Nancy Fichtner whose idea for reusing medical supplies is expected to save $2 million p.a. So far President Obama has received nearly 40,000 ideas. This is […]
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