Insights

I Just Knew It

The BBC website reports on a 10 year study of males at work which strongly concludes: Inconsiderate bosses not only make work stressful, they may also increase the risk of heart disease for their employees, experts believe. The Data hold good for all education levels and all manner of employees!  
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Platform

The Open University has just released its new online community site Platform.  It is open to OU students and non OU students (or former students as about 50% of the population must have studied at least one OU programme by now).  At first sight  it looks terrific.  Full of insights, useful -freely given- information and
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Better to Learn than to Earn!

Last weekend’s Australian has an article by Tom Karmel.  Quoting reseach by the NCVER , he says that ‘providing employees with opportunities to learn and developp their careers pays better dividends’ (in terms of retention) ‘than ever -bigger paypackets.’ Labour churn in Australia was running at 12% per year before the crunch.  And a key
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FT November 20th: BBC 1 and 2 Live On Line 27th November

The UK is the European leader in social networking with 50% of the population using Facebook, BeBo and MySpace,  and a leader in on line lifestyle.  87% of the population is covered by high-speed mobile networks yet only 17% of mobile phones can access them; broadband take up sits at 60% of households.  86% have
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Broome

A small sample of the photos taken in Broome and surrounding area is available for inspection in the photo section of the Blog.  Please click here to view.  Some of the photos are very big so will take a while to down load.  Be patient and all will be revealed!
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Sign of the Times

LaCie sells, amongst other things, hard disks.  As a sign of the times, and obvious differentiation from the competition, the company offers anyone buying a hard disk from them, unlimited, encrypted online back-up for one year. That is a fanstastic piece of redundancy built in, for no cost at all.  It seems extraordinary that the
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Congratulations

I have run over 2,000 km with my Nike Plus chip in my shoe.  A little pat in the back is due I think! I even get a certificate!   Here it is.
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Running and Learning

I was running in the rain yesterday. It wasn’t heavy rain but the drops were large and persistent and it meant that you soon got wet even though it did not feel such a wet day when I pushed out of door and onto the street.  And the beauty of running in the rain, as
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Yes We Can!

What does Obama’s Campaign tell us about Leadership in the C21st? The importance of vision and consistent values. The importance of resiliance and consistency. Humility and determination. The simple need to thank people and recognise their contribution The massive leverage of the internet and its role in building a social coalition The need for passion
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Early Morning Text

Received from my friend Margaret Newman at 10 past midnight last night: “Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so that our children can fly high.”
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