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Dual-Hatters

A phrase that seems to have grown out of public sector contract awards that have the, ahem, sniff of the elicit gain about them. Dual-hatting is where someone quietly works both sides of the fence. Secretly leveraging a vested interest, or at least taking advantage of privileged relationships and information,

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Post-Race Telemetry Graph

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Formula Collective (@formula_collective) Has Formula One motor racing suddenly become interesting? For once there's competition for world champion. Which one hopes won't be decided in controversial, underhand, non-track manner of the last close contest. The era's leading team is being

Budget Burden Briefs

I read much of Britain recoiled in Halloween horrors after the first government budget of The Left for fourteen years. Or for those of a 'tax and spend' persuasion, very much more Treat than Trick. It's rare any budget receives warm welcome. This particular morning after giving rise not just

Missing Video Piece Of Your Productivity Puzzle

The French. What are they good for? Well, as Englishman writing in the week of Trafalgar Day, the natural answer is, practically 'nothing'. Yet I lament to report they outshine those across the northern side of La Manche in one key aspect. Productivity. A sample of latest stats is alarming.

Puzzlers Case Wall

Detective disappears. Identical twin reluctantly thrust into their place. A sibling who in the case of recent English tv series, Ludwig, happens to be a reclusive puzzle-designer. How could such a character not have their own case wall? As this screenshot of it shows, the format's well-established. The suspects' portraits

Artist 30-Word Declaration Against AI Theft

“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” AI is robbing creators. This week, over ten thousand and counting of their number took a stand to arrest the theft.

The Goldfinger Law

How to spot fake trend articles in the press: look for the weak third example. Two things happening simultaneously is a coincidence. Coincidences aren't news. So journalists stretch to find a third example, however weak, so they can call it a trend. — Paul Graham (@paulg) August 6, 2024 As a

Players Purposeful Text Slide

Above I link to a press conference snap that certainly caught my eye this week. Remarkably, at this time I cannot find the same text repeated online. So here it is; "Leagues and players seek a fair and inclusive decision-making procedure to ensure the wellbeing of football players, viability of

The Decision to Buy is ____% Emotional

From one of my very first ever solution sales training courses. At the very beginning of the day (yes, training was done in whole days back then), this question was posed by the yoda. Writ large in caps on a flip chart sheet. 'Round-the-room, please. Half-dozen of us. Solely, I

Tesla Vibes Beat

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration". No, not the car. The quote above is attributed to being heard over a century ago in conversation with esteemed inventor Nikola Tesla. I was messaged a pic of it from an