Check out Pam’s article, The Irish Yoga Market, published in Yoga Therapy Ireland Magazine, Spring 2015. Pam’s ground breaking research acquired raw data on the yoga market in Ireland which was previously unavailable and focuses on why people do yoga. The research included lengthy interviews with a number of teachers and leading yoga entrepreneurs, plus a …
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Everyone leads in tomorrow’s world, because it’s natural.
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains that in a flock of birds they take it in turns to lead, because being in the lead is energy depleting and can not last long (look at how every US President goes grey in the job), all birds in the flock learn to …
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The benefits of skills training.
Admittedly the title The One Thing Electricians, Chefs, and Entrepreneurs Have in Common attracted me because I’ve played electrician, cook and entrepreneur, so it caught my eye. The article reinforces the knowledge that nurturing head, heart and HANDS is important to become a whole person. The One Thing Electricians, Chefs, and Entrepreneurs Have in Common …
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Some people call me an entrepreneur. Now I know why …
The Newfoundland Department of Employment claimed a boat owner wasn’t paying proper wages to his hired help. So they sent an agent to Burin to investigate him. GOVT AGENT: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.” Boat Owner: “Well, there’s Clarence, my hired hand; he’s been with me for …
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Waste hemp for cradle-to-cradle and biomimicry
Research shows that “Hemp fibres ‘better than graphene’”. Scientists have made graphene-like materials for a thousandth of the price – and with waste. They “cooked” cannabis bark into carbon nanosheets and built supercapacitors, high-performance energy storage devices, which are “on a par with or better than graphene” – the industry gold standard. Graphene is too …
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The “Google Office” doesn’t always work
Open offices can be excellent environments for creativity and collaboration, but need to be complemented by work space where focus and critical thinking can take place, without distraction. Home office workers know what that means. It’s great to have a personalised flexible space to work in. It is liberating and fresh and doesn’t dull the …
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Be a “B Corp” for sustainability.
“B Corps”, started in 2006, are a new type of company that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. It aims to certify businesses that serve a globally responsible initiative. If you care about sustainability, social equity, eco-energy, ethical business, saving the planet or things like that consider using companies on …
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There’s nothing wrong with hard work, unless …
Working hard is fine, and many people have to work hard just to get by, but whether it’s by choice or necessity when it makes you sick, stressed, stupid, off-balance and disengaged, the balance is wrong. The Washington Post offers 5 reasons why you shouldn’t work too hard, at least from an American perspective. What …
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Open management.
Being an advocate of open management systems, an article by Inc. Magazine: Why You Should Let Your Employees Do Whatever They Want, drew attention. Caution, however, was raised by the tag line: “Focus and discipline are relics of 20th century business. Here’s what’s taking their place in the virtual, open source era”. No, sadly, that …
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A minimum wage stimulates the economy?
I’ve always been against the hand of the state in private decisions and forcing a minimum wage is one of those interferences which has always grated. However, in a world where technology is raising productivity and reducing the demand for labour there ought to be a popular desire for everyone to have the ability to …
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