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Prêt à jeter

Posted on Wednesday, February 16 , 2011 by John

I watched an interesting film on Arte last night, about planned obsolescence. I liked the title in French – Prêt à jeter (ready to throw away), a play on the phrase from the fashion industry, “prêt à porter” (ready to … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Nature and Science

Brain-damaged bureaucracy

Posted on Tuesday, December 07 , 2010 by John

I mentioned the Israeli approach to airport security a few posts ago – they aim to have you out of the carpark and into the departure area in a maximum of 25 minutes by applying intelligent security checks. Contrast this … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Language / Culture, Management

Making airport security smarter

Posted on Monday, November 15 , 2010 by John

Air travel in Europe or the USA is an ordeal these days. You will probably have to show your ID multiple times during the check-in process for international flights, you will be asked whether you have left your luggage unattended … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Travel

Innovative Post

Posted on Monday, March 01 , 2010 by John

The German Post has implemented some innovative services which either haven’t been copied abroad, or only took off in other countries quite a bit later:

Posted in Germany, Management

Successful German Discounters

Posted on Saturday, December 12 , 2009 by John

Wal-Mart gave up trying to compete in Germany in 2006, unable to compete effectively against Aldi and Lidl. Nonetheless, I was surprised to read in the latest Harvard Business Review (link to a summary of the article), that six German … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Germany, Management

Good tool for documenting ideas

Posted on Monday, August 03 , 2009 by John

I’ve mentioned before, that we both use mind maps – they are a great way of sorting out ideas for a presentation or sorting out what work needs to be done in a project, before you get as far as … Continue reading →

Posted in Family / This Site, Management, On the web

Broken down

Posted on Monday, July 20 , 2009 by John

Today’s El País contains a cartoon, of a minister saying: Ampliaremos la edad de jubilación a los setenta, pero no os preocupeis, a partir le los cuarenta ya no os contrataremos (“We’ll raise the retirement age to 70, but don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Management, Politics

Different standards

Posted on Sunday, April 15 , 2007 by John

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

Posted in Management, Politics

Strange point of view

Posted on Sunday, March 11 , 2007 by John

Spotted – this judgement on Toyota stocks in my bank’s online portal today: Translated: Our vote – UnattractiveToyota continues to do almost everything right So what does an enterprise have to do to be recommended as a hot buy?

Posted in Management, On the web

Bed bugs

Posted on Tuesday, September 26 , 2006 by John

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Management

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