The following is an extract from my recently published book "Through the Detox Prism", (pages 61, 62) where we explored some examples of how one might set about to change some of our corporate habits. I have pulled it out here (and done some slight ... [Continue Reading]
The psychology of change
Several months ago I was lucky enough to stumble across a great blog which I started to subscribe to. PSYBLOG (written by researcher Jeremy Dean studying in the UK) is chock full of interesting studies and findings about how we really work. In ... [Continue Reading]
The sorry state of work-place productivity
In my daily trolling through the internet, I came across this interesting infographic examining the reasons contributing to poor workplace productivity. I think you'll find it interesting to scroll through (shown in its entirety below), and it hits ... [Continue Reading]
Re-inventing yourself
I came across this article today about how to re-invent oneself; the article touches on a lot of things and for the curious reader has a lot of content that provides an opportunity to ponder things. There is lots here, and one key thought for me is ... [Continue Reading]
Technical sales: an engineer’s view of the sales call
D, a friend of mine that I attended engineering school with (sometime last century), surprised me the other day by admitting that he had seen my recent blog post about engineers and technical career paths. Here's what he went on to share with ... [Continue Reading]
Fueling the illusion of choice
I came across this great chart in one of the many email newsletters I subscribe to -- I think it does a wonderful job of showing how we as consumers in many markets really face only the "illusion" of choice in our day to day shopping routines. This ... [Continue Reading]
Everyone needs heroes. Ray Anderson is one of mine.
I first came across Ray Anderson in the 2003 documentary "The Corporation". After having spent 25 years in business and just recently "hung out my shingle" as a free agent, sitting through "The Corporation" in early 2004 delivered my epiphany. In a ... [Continue Reading]
Things to never say on the job
I came across this list of "10 things you should never say on the job" and I remembered my own painful little lesson about something you should never say. Figuring that the statute of limitations on saying stupid things is long over on this one (it ... [Continue Reading]
More intelligent food labeling
I've written some previous blog posts about how confusing (and generally useless to the lay person) food labeling is. My musings on the topic are found here and here... now, I've just stumbled across a very interesting design competition where the ... [Continue Reading]
Another supply chain contamination incident…
Just a few days ago, I blogged about the tainting of soft drinks through supply chain malfeasance here. I just came across this blog entry by Guardian writer George Monbiot which outlines the facts behind a very interesting -- and hard to trace -- ... [Continue Reading]
