by Tom | Jan 30, 2006 | Business
More Guy on running a business. Rathole goal avoidance is an important concept to grasp.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2006 | Business
McDonalds lets families share job. It is a neat idea, but I guess it depersonalises the work relationship even more, as managers won’t know who is coming in, only that someone is.
by Tom | Nov 30, 2005 | Business
Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs? Seems difficult to make those numbers stand up, especially since it includes corporate espionage, child pornography, stock manipulation, extortion and piracy. Then again, cybercrime requires far fewer real assets, so should be...
by Tom | Nov 2, 2005 | Business
How to Write a Resume has what it suggests, but with a twist. I like their seventh tip: “fake an internal post-it note”. I can just see the flood of post-it note covered resumes flooding through companies’ doors. Small problem: surely the first...
by Tom | Jul 28, 2005 | Business
The Economist suggests thatcopper is at its peak. This is good news for my father-in-law (who has an import business based on copper), as it should stop investors getting into the metal for a while and help bring some profit back.[In other news, Copper may be the...
by Tom | Apr 22, 2005 | Business
Deloitte (US) is reporting that outsourcing doesn’t always prove beneficial. The suggestion is that it is going backwards.