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Dyson: Engineers required to solve drought crisis!
May 2nd
Brilliant thinking again from James D.
He’s challenged engineers to come up with a solution to help mitigate against drought into the future.
I’m no engineer but I have been trying to think of ideas, most (actually all) of which are rubbish!
You never know when the eureka moment will come!
Here’s what Sir More >
A book everyone should read!
Apr 9th
If you are interested how we’ve got ourselves (the World that is!) into such a state then this book is enlightenment personified!
I read it with various degrees of shock (no pun!), despair and sadness, but all the while it all makes absolute plausible sense.
You’ll find yourself seeing exponents and examples More >
Want to get creative? Send in your ideas!
Apr 3rd
I’m looking to start a blog which celebrates creative thinking and this is the start. I hope to talk about creativity, strategic thought, innovation and generally good ideas, whether in the fileds of marketing, business, life in general or even politics.
If you read this and want to contribute, please go More >
Testing my desk blogger
Apr 2nd
This is a test for multiple blogging
welcome to the 21st century Jammy!
Interim marketing gets busier!
Dec 30th
Well I think so!
From next year I get started on a new project for 4 days a weeks and carry on at Burtons Biscuits on the other day.
Interim is terrific if you’re looking for new and exciting things to do and it really gives a chance to get things done More >
IIM Interim Management Report – Top 10 sites for interim jobs
Jul 26th
In what is a really good report form the Institute of Interim Management here are the top 10 sites as voted by interims in the UK
What are the best online interim job sites? Interim managers cast over 7,000 unique votes for their favourite interim management job sites, from a list of More >
Blackberry Cutting Jobs
Jul 25th
So Blackberry are cutting over 2,000 jobs
I saw it reported on the Guardian web pages: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/25/blackberry-maker-rim-to-cut-2000-jobs
Are they going to move to a subscription model and give up taking on Apple et al in the Smartphone/ tablet market?
They apparently have 7 million subscribers in the UK, so this is surely an opportunity?!
My More >
THE INTERIM MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY BAROMETER
Jul 14th
The number of businesses hiring Interim Managers has increased this year, according to the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) Ipsos MORI industry benchmark survey for Q1 2011. Following a year of slow economic recovery, there has been a growth in demand this year for Interims to undertake specialist projects, financial assignments More >
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Jul 4th
It’s time for me to get some of this.
Who’d like to point me in the right direction?!
the new site is ready!
Jun 24th
Well, I’m ready to blog on things marketing & interim – anything that gets my interest, but also to highlight me and my services and things that are affecting the market.
Interim marketing management is being hit by this Government’s policies just as everyone else is. Maybe I’ll highlight that too!
I’m More >
UK Government healthy kids campaign critisiced!
Jan 14th
Everything needs to be tried to stopped the obesity crisis effecting the western world. Messages need to be positive and everyone in the chain needs to “do the right thing”.
The following is critisism of an attempt to make small steps. Whilst it’s never a perfect world when “giveaways” are concerned More >
Being an Expert Witness!
Dec 22nd
That’s it!
I’m not going to tell you any more than that at the moment.
Once the case is over and the judge has delivered his verdict, I will report something more about a very illuminating experience.
As an expert witness one represents the court in delivering evidence I believe will help make More >
Dream Toys list announced – consumers are not being best served by this industry led carve up!
Oct 27th
UK toy industry does itself no favours with this list!
Every year we get from the UK Toy Retailers Association (TRA) a list of the 12 “Dream Toys” for Xmas and whilst it is a great promotion for the toy industry and gains much publicity, the public need to be told More >
Tetley Launches Tea for kids – hmm, not sure myself!
Sep 7th
I think this is a loser and won’t last on shelves for long.
Also think they’ve got it wrong with the name – feels like adults thinking “great name” but using “kids” makes it very childish and will put off the potential tween and teen audience
The following is the report from More >
