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One law for Wolfowitz, and another for the third world. What a pity the same standards don’t apply in both cases.

Spotted – this judgement on Toyota stocks in my bank’s online portal today:

Translated:

Our vote – Unattractive
Toyota continues to do almost everything right

So what does an enterprise have to do to be recommended as a hot buy?

This article on StickyMinds.com is about bed bugs (rather than software bugs) and how to react in a crisis. It’s quite interesting at that level, even if you’re not a software developer.

But what amazed me is:

• how big bed bugs are (never having seen one, or been bitten by one)


• the necessary measures to get of them once your bed is infected!

This is really how most large companies work… (click on the picture)
...and it is a great time-waster watching it

There are some interesting articles about Toyota in this month’s press – unfortunately if you want to read them in full, you are going to have to buy the magazines or pay to download the article from the Internet. Toyota is an interesting company because it focuses on getting the best out of its staff and its suppliers.

I’ve summarised some of the main points from both articles below.

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