Posts made in April, 2010
A Series: Outside the Box – Those That Draw Beyond Confines No.19 – No Clues Required: Investigate.
It’s not only in business that building blocks are cemented by trust but, whatever one considers a workplace, it’s necessary that people sharing such a workspace both trust and are trusted. Any demolition of the baseline of ethics would appear a waste, as trust takes both time and work to build. Mistrust’s roots begin with incidental small things such as hair or a bite mark. Often...
Read MoreHigh Five?
Almost a year since we mused about wrecking; false lights luring passing ships, the General Election has brought out lights of a different nature. Lights, Camera, Action: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ( in more ways than one) are being played out and, after reading a superb article by Michael Blastland about polls and numbers, we realised that a year down the line, our own musings’ 5...
Read MoreAddicted to Money….. Or a Prescription for Pain
Tense, nervous headache? Nothing acts faster than, for those who remember the ad, Anadin. But, according to an article we’ve read , before the quick trip to your local pharmacist for the required prescriptive or non-prescriptive pain killer, check out your cash. It seems that counting money might be the pain preventer alternative to paying to block the pain. According to the study,...
Read MoreWe’re Guilty…..
The sun shone this week and we’re feeling better than ever; ice-creams all around. Last weeks’ rain had us needing a boost, the cinema was just the (apologies for pun) ticket and Masterchef’s Greg Wallace- type ‘lovely’ puddings helped. However, guilt then set in and we cut back for a while; which is different from cutting out. Then, feeling down, we caved in as soon as...
Read MoreEthical Money: Transparent Oxymoron or an Elephant in the Room?
All things, or at least many things, eco and ethical, were mused upon during a conversation following the news of the grounding of a ship on the Great Barrier Reef. Giving out a quick remark to such a disaster is restrictive as both ethics and ecology are challenging, huge subjects. There is the temptation for a soap box moment vying with the possibility of a journey down the long path of...
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