IMD just sent out promotion for the World Competitiveness Yearbook. The table here was highlighted. My beloved Hong Kong, where you can get things done, is at the top, but Ireland, mired in government sloth, is comparable to centrally controlled Mainland China. Anyone who has taken initiative will know that much red tape is wasteful …
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Open Business – doing it right.
Just came across the Wikipedia page on Open Business. Its a great first step to changing the way you think about business. Check it out. Open Business Ricardo Semler’s Maverick is an inspiring biographical account of opening the running of a large, traditionally run private business.
I used to love a nice, bloody steak …
.. but now, having been on a non-meat diet for years, wouldn’t be able to digest it. As a meat eater, health was not one of my priorities. Living, having fun, partying, burgers and beer, were much more important. But just in case you care, it’s probably worth getting good beef … it seems processing …
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Scroogled!
Very sad to see that Scroogle.org has been brought down. The little “Don’t Be Evil” graphic wouldn’t load on our home page so we investigated. I loved Google back in 1998. Its colours were cool and it worked. But then I found out that they are not straight and have many conflicts of interest at …
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Recession timing.
Doesn’t look good according to the chart below. This pain could go on for a few more years yet. Of course charts don’t predict the future, but they do give an indication of a system dynamic. the problem for the world is that the system is not adapting. There has been no change in the …
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Whitney who?
Love
Love “Ai,” the traditional Chinese character for love (?) consists of a heart (middle) inside of “accept,” “feel,” or “perceive,” which shows a graceful emotion. It can also be interpreted as a hand offering ones heart to another hand. is patient is kind does not envy does not boast is not proud is not rude …
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Aren’t The King’s New Clothes Wonderful!?!
Danny Kaye’s is the version I loved as a boy, though Bernard Cribbins does it well too. If you can’t listen, the lyrics are all you need. If you don’t cry at the the irony, smile at the knowledge that there is an answer staring us in the face, even if we choose not to …
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ACTA is more dangerous than PIPA or SOPA
ACTA — a global treaty — could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set up a shadowy new anti-counterfeiting body to allow private interests to police everything that we do online and impose massive penalties – even prison sentences – against …
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Humanity’s ready for a heart attack.
“Current patterns of consumption are not sustainable.” No, really!??! The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability report “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“. http://www.un.org/gsp/report