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My Problems with The Bloke Who Bought the Company
Victor Kiam was the guy who bought the Remington electric razor company in the mid 1970s, and then fronted those strangely irritating television advertisements which ran though the 1980s in which he told us that “I liked the shaver so much that I bought the company”.
For six bucks, I picked up a copy of his […]
How Not to Win Friends and Influence People
I observed a now-departed colleague, who we shall call Abbey, as she welcomed a potential new supporter of our organisation’s work. After formalities, Abbey launched into a tirade against the perceived inadequacies of one of our visitor’s colleagues. The visitor, who we’ll call Jill, had only been with her new organisation for two […]
On The Stress in Our Lives
Hands up if you are not stressed by the world right now? I can’t see any hands!
I would regularly give lectures on stress management during my days as a management prof. This would make my wife laugh, since her view was that such lectures were best given by those who could deal more […]
