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In the tragic aftermath of a national mystery with a vanishing mother during a morning river path dog walk later found drowned in N West England, I was glad to learn of the suggested etiquette for male joggers when passing lone female walkers in such locations. From campaigner Jamie Klingler,

Only after 11am on Tuesday. Only Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Only between 10-12.30 and 2-4. There's plenty of old adages advising on when best you make a cold call. That's if cold call pickups even happen nowadays. Nuance and niche apply too. Those awkwards to reach are best tried

You've likely heard of a type of these in a roomful of chin stroking execs. The basic premise is that for any behaviour that you're thinking of acting out, how happy would you be for your friends, family or colleagues to find out about it? Also often framed as whether

One of 33 tips offered by an English broadsheet aimed at little changes that could make a big difference to maintaining a healthier start to your year. There's plenty of writings recommending various thresholds you need to pass to achieve something in terms of numbers of attempts. Think 10. Other

I was recently reminded of an early realisation of mine. It's from once I'd ascended the greasy pole of Sales and become a senior Manager. Specifically one with a buying budget. I was passing through a potential vendor town. So in the interests of time 'n territory management, arranged to

"Identifying everyday problems in the home and solving them through intelligently designed products." That, according to a celebratory in London's Times recently, is the mission statement of an 'innovative functional homeware' brand now turning twenty; Joseph Joseph. From the same piece, an insight into their driving force; “When you’re

Back in November '22, the OECD published its 2023 GDP forecasts. Although without decent track record in such divinations, most leading market economies will, it projected, see growth. A problem pair did exist though; Germany & UK. If '23 is to see a contraction in these major countries (-0.3 & -0.

Back in November '22, of Elon Musk's many 'first 100 days' decisions which grippingly broke out beyond the Twitterverse - and several were superbly transparent live A/B testing actions - one which struck me was the short-term hiring of apparently renowned hacker and coding maverick, 32yo George Hotz aka

This concept was coined Jan 21. Its name itself deriving from a meme trove surrounding photoshopping a cute dog. Often spelt 'doge', pronounced 'dodge'. Urban Dictionary helpfully lists its definitions. Including those unprintable here. Suffice to say, its 'can't do attitude', 'what's the point fretting', and in the words of

169. Way, way too many. That's how many Sustainable Development Goals the Elites set ourselves in 2015. To be hit by 2030. So much worthiness contained therein. Even the most hardened of cynic-cum-conspiracist couldn't fault to champion at least a fair few. Yet, the analysis [sub'n req'd] of Messrs Lomborg