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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.
With Apologies to Paul Simon…. I wonder if like me, you have noticed that many LinkedIn writers have a number leading or embedded in the title of their articles: 10 Things….; 5 Key…., 3 Most…. Even I got on the…
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I don’t often think about my death and what might be written as an epitaph on my headstone. In reality though, my belief system dictates that I am unlikely to have a specific burial site, much less a headstone. But…
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I am indebted to Kirstin Duffield for triggering a chain of thoughts in my mind when she published a post called “Surprising Stats?” Over the years, there has been a gradual shift in young people’s choice of direction after school….
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Don’t be embarrassed; to some degree or another we all participate in Corporate Pornography. In fact, it is not always a bad thing; it can be harmless fun and entertaining, if practiced responsibly and in moderation. But it can also…
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I hate CVs and résumés, they are all useless, my own included, which I keep somewhere in an electronic format, becoming more obsolete by the day. My sincere wish is that I never have to see or use it again….
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In the 1978 seminal trilogy of five (sic) books known as the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the fictional planet of Golgarfrincham seniors considered a third of the population to be useless. So, they pretended that the…
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Not long ago, boardrooms up and down the corporate landscape were filled with fusty, grey and all but retired gentlemen who were “kicked upstairs” to the hallowed oak-paneled rooms as a reward for career achievements or gratitude for past favours…
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Like the universal truism that everyone thinks they have more “common sense” than others, everyone complains of receiving too many useless emails. This is excluding all the junk email and “Dear Friend, can I trust you with my illegally acquired…
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Here is an easy question to get you started: If you were given a project or a specific task to undertake, what are the key parameters you would typically be mindful of? If your answer was: Budget, time and deliverable,…
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I believe it was General Eisenhower who once said: “The Plan is Nothing, Planning is Everything”. What he meant by that, I believe, is that in any worthy and complex endeavour such as war, business or major projects, you must…
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