When will we ever learn?
“Experience is the best teacher,” they say. Really? In that case, you would think we would have learned our lesson, wouldn’t you? You would think … Read more
Current Affairs
Sustainability. What is it and how do you ensure it?
Sustainability is a word we hear more and more everyday. Why? Because we fear for our future as climate change and the threat to our … Read more
Could you be a BP?
Let me be clear. This is not an attack on BP. I do not have enough knowledge about the situation to jump on the bandwagon … Read more
Whose Head is in the Clouds?
I don't know about you, but industrial disputes just slay me. However you look at it, a business, by definition, is a group of people … Read more
Lean … and Green!
One aspect of Lean Management has had surprisingly little publicity and I cannot help wondering, "Why not?" Is it possible that the potential has not … Read more
Are you giving your business air?
"Businesses take care to get the right value on the balance sheet for their assets, when they are useless without ideas and people. Ideas and … Read more
Exciting Developments
I am writing this blog a little later than I usually do and apologise for the delay. This is due to the additional demands made upon … Read more
How to SAve Jobs – Ask Your People
Have companies that have laid off employees missed a trick? Top Consultant's latest newsletter quotes the findings of a survey of 2,500 people conducted by the … Read more
A Powerful New Message
"Stick to the knitting!" Tom Peters. If memory serves me correctly, this was one of the key messages of "In Search of Excellence." Anyway, whatever … Read more
Salvation, Sabotage or Suicide
"What distinguishes our age from any other is not the world-flattening impact of communication; not the economic ascendance of China and India, not the degradation … Read more