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Travelling around catching a touch of talk radio, I came across the current voice [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-417222/Home-Counties-time-teller-gets-Speaking-Clock-gig.html] of the UK’s speaking clock. The mellifluous tones of Sara Mendes da Costa are well known, as she revealed each year there are over 60m calls

Any excuse for 80s music. I was present at a meeting that began to worryingly spiral down a negative slant. We’ve all had meetings with clients or internal resource that gets stuck on a mainly irrelevant minus when you know the pluses are what’s important. I succeeded in

Gaba is an interesting chemical. Fully named Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, everyone’s brain has it. It slows everything down. It has now been discovered [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8359811/Chemical-running-around-brain-affects-ability-to-learn.html] that reducing the level of it helps you learn new sequences. Whether it be new dance [http:

Why does everyone hate recruitment consultants? A new entrant trying to shake up the print stationery sector publishes their stance on dealing with them, attributed to founder Richard Moross. [http://uk.moo.com/] > We operate 4 strict rules in dealing with recruiters, please read them carefully: 1. We only

Driving around England searching for yet more on Birmingham’s remarkable Cup triumph at Wembley over Arsenal, my radio dial came across a brief discussion of what makes great critic-ism. A couple of years ago when I heard similar musings I realised there are handy tips for pitchers [http://salespodder.

Had a chat with a teacher who informed me of declining standards of behaviour and respect in English schools. Apparently the children these days are going off the rails. Yet there is hope. She helpfully informed me that a handful of teachers naturally avoid falling victim to the teenage devil.

From Zac Goldsmith to Joseph Stiglitz, the need for alternative measures of prosperity seeks traction. I wholeheartedly agree that GDP is both outdated and misleading. But in keeping with most unwanted regimes, it’s one thing knowing it must go, but quite another knowing with what to replace it. UK

The plight of local fauna along the KwaZulu Natal coast is dire. The accidental introduction from the Americas of possibly the world’s most invasive plantlife is causing environmental chaos. Chromolaena chokes indigenous shrubland, diverts huge swathes of precious water and ravages regional biodiversity. Thousands of hectares of grazing land

One for those with particular interest to wholesale environments and in general keen on the sniper’s rifle rather than blunderbus on their territories. Is philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb one of an emerging band of thinkers who believe Pareto’s long held principle does not apply? He suggests that instead,

This was a phrase uttered to me during the mid-90s. I was self-employed for a couple of years, doing various sales and strategy projects for small growing firms. I loved it. Then I went full-time inside one of my customers. The chap that knowingly mentioned this to me was himself