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    Commenting on the world of business I inhabit is one of my passions. The trouble with passion is that it very often manifests itself when one is angry or unhappy about things. The net result is that the writer appears to be miserable and dissatisfied with everything; I assure you this is not the case with me otherwise, why would I stick around? I hope you enjoy some of the articles.

    Business Articles, Reflections

    Halos and Horns

    Little Red Riding Hood was sent by her mother with a basket of food to visit her ailing grandmother.  Although her mother urged her to use a more frequented thoroughfare, Little Red Riding Hood took a short cut through the…

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    In The Company of Fools

    ‘When arguing with a fool, make sure the other person isn’t doing the same thing’ is an old proverb which I always ascribed to.  In 1999, psychologists Dunning and Kruger described a phenomenon of incompetent people who actually think they…

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    The Value of Values

    Here is a trick question for you: what is the reason for every death that had ever occurred throughout human history?  Remember, I said it was a trick question.  Your first reaction is to say: ‘are you serious?  People die…

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    If You Can’t Fight, Wear a Big Hat

    Governments issue corporate governance guidelines, academics write books about it, institutions hold conferences on it, organisations add extra pages to their annual reports claiming to be compliant with the guidelines and individuals, including me, take it upon themselves to train…

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    Sexism in The Time of Corona

    As the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ is being gradually eased all over the world, we hesitantly emerge from our home-confinement with blinking eyes kitted out with home-made masks, clutching almost-empty sanitizer bottles, sporting bad haircuts that make hairdressers rub their hands in…

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    The World Post COVID-19

    Amid the thick fog of isolation, social distancing and inability to resume normal routine, most of us have kept in touch with the outside world by utilising the wonders of technology from the humble Skype to more sophisticated means of…

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    At Your Disservice

    “Never trust a second-hand car salesman”.  That was the received wisdom ever since second-hand cars began to be traded over a 100 years ago.  As far as this stereotypical salesman was concerned, he would lie, cheat and make any promise…

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