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We all need to look at our work schedules and see if we are doing ourselves more harm than good, by slogging away seven days a week.
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Choose an author:Can we really trust spreadsheet numbers? Are spreadsheet-based reports the eye in your mud, or the mud in your eye? Do the numbers really help you to make sense of a complex situation, or do they cloud the issues by muddying the waters even more?  Picture credit: Annie in Bezier Continue reading The eye in your mud, or the mud in your eye? »  Picture credit: tyla'75 People are talking about a new world order emerging from the present financial chaos. But if we are going to build a new business world order, we will have to have to make some room by clearing out the old corporate clutter. I realise that one man’s junk is another’s treasure but some of our behaviour is going to have to change, if we really want a different way of doing business in the future. A good starting point would be for each of us to identify the old world practices that we would like to see eliminated. In George Orwell’s classic 1984, Room 101 was the torture chamber in the Ministry of Love; where victims encountered their worst fears so I am asking you to think what business practices you would like to put in Room 101 and then throw away the key? My choice is the redundant IT-centric paradigm (q.v.)  Picture credit: activefree I believe that the global financial crisis is getting too much attention, while the principal [but underlying and understated] cause: the crisis of integrity, is completely ignored. Collectively and individually the direct and indirect perpetrators of our current financial problems were clearly guilty of totally abrogating their integrity in favour of greed and wilful ignorance.  Picture credit: auro We need to get out more. The credit crunch has affected attendance at industry events and this will have a longer term effect, because getting out of the office is an important part of our personal, professional and organizational development. My own observation of events in the UK (and reports from the U.S.) show that great speakers, great content, great venues and great networking opportunities are still available. But the budgets are not. And even where the money is available, there is definite pressure against potential delegates taking the time out from the day job, especially for multi-day events.  Picture credit: austins_irish_pirate It looks like the MOD has yet another poster child for The Trillion Dollar Bonfire. The latest Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts make sorry reading; for a number of reasons, not the least being the following damning statements:
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