Blog posts with the tag: "Management"
Tuesday 21 May 2013
The City of Chicago, (my all time favorite US city and one that is well worth visiting), is a leader in the US and the world on promoting energy efficiency and sustainability generally. Chicago has a unique history in buildings, the skyscraper was invented there, and as well as many historic buildings it still has…
Monday 29 April 2013
An interesting piece in the Sunday Times today headlined “Grid to get switch to your fridge’ nearly caused me to choke on my coffee. It starts with the sentence, ‘Fridges, freezers and ovens could be automatically switched off in homes across the country as part of new plans to reduce energy consumption’ before going on…
Thursday 14 March 2013
I recently attended a meeting of the Chop Sticks Club – a group that has been promoting Anglo-Chinese relations for the last twenty years. Although of course the projected future where the Chinese economy continues to grow dramatically may not be totally assured it’s phenomenal growth over the last twenty years, along with similar rapid…
Friday 1 March 2013
I found this great example of all that is wrong with modern management in ‘Made to. Stick’ by Heath and Heath. Compare the phrase in JFK’s great speech committing America to land on the moon; ‘put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the decade is out’ …
Dr Steven Fawkes
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