by Tom | Apr 4, 2009 | Business
Apparently businesses should be grateful for people surfing the net at work. They’re 9% more productive.
by Tom | Apr 4, 2009 | Business, Reading
Lots of interesting reading here: why did bullet points emerge and what alternatives do we have? I love the 20/30/50 image idea (ask people to speak for a minute mentioning the image that is on screen, sitting down when the image changes). Great ice breaker at an...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2009 | Business
Some great guidance on how to make a community of practice really work.
by Tom | Dec 18, 2008 | Business
It had never crossed my mind that there was a good business reason for the minimum monthly payment. There is: people pay their debts down less quickly and therefore the card issuer makes more money. Read more in The Fiendish Genius of Credit-Card Minimum...
by Tom | Dec 17, 2008 | Business
Freakonomics looks at auction sites like MadBid and describes them as All-Pay Auctions. Looks like I was right to be wary of these things. The thought of protecting ones investment in bidding costs is exactly what people will protect, and therefore end up spending...
by Tom | Sep 29, 2008 | Business
Interesting point from Robert Peston – if the Bamp;B collapse could end up costing the city firms
