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Dyno Time

A dynamometer, or "dyno" for short, is a device for measuring machine performance. In automotive contexts, "dyno time" refers to durations spent testing a vehicle's engine or entire drivetrain. It takes key performance metrics like horsepower, torque, and RPM, allowing for performance tuning and adjustments. So dyno time can be

Are Your Presentations Now A Third Off?

I note a new instruction. TED Talks. Remember them? Once owning the web. They were famed for being twenty minutes of wonder. The distillation of a meaningful marvel for our curiosity. Often with the point of making us think differently about ourselves and our surrounds. As from the initials used,

Slav Negotiation

My early career went through a steep negotiating skills learning curve. I'd enjoyed an International Strategic Negotiation module at B-School. Knew of the prep required to make it work. Had a few of the snappy responses primed to pushback or breakthrough. Yet perhaps my greatest leap was a few short

Manager Mastery Trio

Imagine a company that's interviewed 27 million workers. What would be the three things they'd believe managers must master to be a good boss, and by association, a success all round? Clarity, Communication, Accountability. Harry Wallop entertainingly reported [sub'n req'd] that Gallup reckons that only one in ten workers is

Shark, Geese & Eel Selling

Biomimicry has long held fascination for me. How nature handles something which we can adapt for own our ends. A broad balancing betterment remixed for parochial yet potentially astoundingly loud ripples. I remember over two decades back first spotting how 'sharklets' appeared on aeroplane wing tips everywhere almost overnight. Linkage

Are You A Lucky Person?

Yes, Napoleon demanded lucky generals. Grand Slam winning golfer Gary Player famously quipped, 'the more I practice, the luckier I get'. Not to mention the ol' driving force long spake throughout Sales, 'luck is a place where planning meets opportunity'. You may also have caught the aphorism, 'luck is believing

What's In Your Lobby?

The lobby of the SpaceX Starlink factory in Bastrop, Texas. The 'Earth to Mars' orbital transfer ellipse. pic.twitter.com/f1KunMGgA5 — S.E. Robinson, Jr. (@SERobinsonJr) May 19, 2025 Whilst not perhaps a fully-fledged logo it certainly is a brand marque of sorts. The three rings of the Hohmann transfer

When Even Socks Have Savings Metrics

The changing of the seasons can afford those of us no longer in thrall to the claw of fashion to buy 'last year's style' with nonchalant promo-seizing discounted satisfaction. So I am guessing this packaging above could already be obsolete by now. Yet I don't mind your inference there may

Spare Parts Proxy Metric

I experienced a troubling trip 'round an Ikea the other day. For so long a paragon of service and operational smoothness. The first alarm was the state of the gentlemen's ablutions as you enter, including long-malfunctioned facilities unattended. Then the state of some of the shelves, for once untidy like

Better Ways of Helmetry

"His background in F1 had taught him that the key to changing behaviours was to show there were better ways of doing things." The learning of Ron Dennis. For thirty years, was boss and owner of top serial-winning Formula One motor racing team, McLaren. Sadly this observation was not probed.