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PARSONS GREEN — There’s a lady in a business suit sitting reading The Guardian. The Media Guardian is tossed on the bench beside her. Untouched. It’s maybe symptomatic of a larger issue. And then again maybe I am just getting old. [Cue rant.] Why do the media need sections dedicated to… the media? I find myself hanging [...] GREEN PARK — The papers today say that we’ve hit a 23 year low for employee sick-days. That’s no small achievement. If you listened to the average mumblings of commentators, employees are fed up and… work is horrible and… and… But maybe that’s not true. Maybe work is more interesting than it was. Maybe people are more [...] ST JAMES — I think of rubbish collectors. Or proctologists. There are lots of jobs out there that no one really wanted, but had to be done. And there are people doing them because the market makes it hard for someone to avoid doing them. No one wakes up in the morning and says “I think [...] LONDON — It’s an interesting question. Are we already? Could we be more so? Clearly the UK is a desirable place to work, because people come here and stay. It is a sought-after spot for foreign postings. But in spite of much talk from various parties about the importance of highly skilled workers, I think that [...]
HOME — The sign behind the track today at the Shanghai Formula 1 race said “Made WITH China”. (You can see it in this BBC report at about 3:42 and 3:53, but it was clear all day.) Along with the logos for Santander, Lenovo’s ThinkPad, DHL, Shell, Allianz and others, the message coming out of China’s [...]
THE WHITE HORSE — I used to work in one. My parents always preferred to eat in them, and since I moved back to London 10 years ago, I haven’t been enough. Here are the lesson I learned in a pub that help me in business: 1. Teamwork is always better You know the miserable guy (usually) sitting [...] IN MY KITCHEN — I was just thinking last week that triathlons and marathons have become the new mid-life crisis. And then I read the story in the Sunday Times Style Magazine: “The rise of the IRON MAN”. Turns out that triathlons are the fastest growing mass-participation sport in the UK. The article cites Vernon Kay, [...] CHELSEA — I realised yesterday that I have not lived in North America for more than a decade. So it’s hard for me to fully understand what companies like Verizon and Comcast are all about. But even from this distance it’s clear they’re having trouble with service delivery. A few years ago I found this brilliant [...] DISTRICT LINE — The newly appointed Lord made a bit of a storm in Parliament with his maiden speech. Perhaps any minimalism in grace and nuance will inadvertently help our regular politicians, by showing how hard it is to speak without edits, teleprompters and producers. Describing his views on small business he said: “I have also seen [...]
LONDON — I have long been a fan of Alfie Kohn the author and professor. Earlier today he tweeted (yes, that’s a verb now) with a link to an article he wrote in 2003 called “What does it mean to be well educated?” Like most things he writes I find it sets me to thinking about [...] |
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