June 4, 2024
How to find north when you don’t have a compass
You can think of the processes your business runs as a kind of map, guiding your clients and the people … Read More “How to find north when you don’t have a compass”
Category: Culture
May 29, 2024
What do the ‘economically inactive’ do all day?
We: This by no means exhaustive list is what people do when they no longer have to worry about merely … Read More “What do the ‘economically inactive’ do all day?”
May 28, 2024
Change doesn’t always need to be invented
Tucked away down a side street, close to Canterbury West station is this early twentieth century reminder that we used … Read More “Change doesn’t always need to be invented”
May 24, 2024
News I never wanted to get
I was saddened to find out yesterday that the schooner De Gallant had sunk off the Bahamas. I was devastated … Read More “News I never wanted to get”
May 23, 2024
I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.
Techno-prole, techno-serf or vassal capitalist. Which are you? Unless you’re Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg, or a shareholder of Google, … Read More “I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.”
May 1, 2024
Life, the ultimate ‘reality’
I’m reissuing this post from 2019, in response to some very scary stuff I heard on Radio 4 yesterday, about … Read More “Life, the ultimate ‘reality’”
April 30, 2024
Down with aristocracy!
I loved this from Michele Zanini earlier this week. And since it’s nearly May day, I’m simply going to pinch … Read More “Down with aristocracy!”
April 24, 2024
What your customers really want
The same things you want, of course: The trick now, for any business, is to work out how to give … Read More “What your customers really want”
April 19, 2024
How to escape the fourth circle of Hell.
Dante gave hoarders their own special place in Hell. The fourth circle in fact. Their punishment was to clash eternally … Read More “How to escape the fourth circle of Hell.”
April 18, 2024
How are you going to pay for it?
It’s a question every journalist likes to ask of every politician – especially those on the left, and especially in … Read More “How are you going to pay for it?”