Businesses of the World Go On Strike!

Posted by on Nov 30, 2011 in business ethics, entrepreneurship, featured | 2 comments

While listening to a radio debate on Wednesday between Kevin Green and Richard Murphy about lowering the top rate of tax in order to boost the UK economy, I became violently angry.  All Green could do was threaten in a fairly limp and vague way that wealth-creators might leave the country unless tax burdens were lifted.  As the title of this blog suggests, I have a better idea… Well, its...

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Pessimists, Introverts and Business

Posted by on Sep 7, 2011 in business, positive psychology | 1 comment

Business is for the optimistic, extroverted and hard-nosed.  So the story goes.  Problem is, the story is wrong.  At least, that is, according to a few business gurus and authors out there.  Speaking as an introvert, a pessimist and a businessperson, that makes me do something akin to smiling.  But not quite. According to Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times, pessimism is good for...

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The Latest in Erotic Capitalism

Posted by on Sep 5, 2011 in emotional intelligence, gender at work | 0 comments

Forget about emotional capital, or even its left-wing neighbour, social capital.  Make way for the latest trend – erotic capital!  Less ooh-er matron, more ooh-er manager… While out and about in the car last Thursday I was listening to Radio 4 – between REM songs – and I overheard an interview with Catherine Hakim, a researcher in sociology at LSE.  Listen to the chat...

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PowerPoint, Politics and Profit

Posted by on Aug 21, 2011 in marketing, writing | 0 comments

According to BBC news, “There’s a new political party in Switzerland and its sole aim is to have the PowerPoint presentation outlawed.” Actually, no, it isn’t.  Its real aim is to make “a bit of money” from it. According to Anti PowerPoint Party’s website, the nefarious MS presentation software costs the Swiss economy $2.5 billion (US) annually in wasted time and...

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