by Guy | Mar 29, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Economy, Leadership, Motivation, Recession, Strategy, Upturn
In this time of constant, swift change, exacerbated by uncertainty over government actions, there is a temptation to sit and wait for things to get better. After all, we don’t really know what impact the next diktat will have or when it will be imposed, and we’re...
by Guy | Apr 12, 2013 | Business - General, Cities, Economy, Lifestyle, Productivity, Strategy, Technology, Working From Home
The previous post showed how technology is enabling location independence for the workforce for the first time since the Industrial Revolution created the need for urbanisation. Smart devices, such as smartphones and powerful tablets, are providing people with the...
by Guy | Dec 5, 2012 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, Economy, Europe, Productivity, Recession, Welfare State
There’s an interesting scuffle about tax going on in the British media at the moment – and it seems that the Government is in danger of being responsible for companies contravening the Companies Act which was rewritten in 2006. This scuffle started a few months...
by Guy | Dec 17, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Europe, Investing, Recession
There’s been an enormous amount of ink used on the ‘veto’ that David Cameron used in Europe last week, with warnings of dire consequences if the UK doesn’t help to support the Euro. Frankly, I don’t understand this as the Euro has been...
by Guy | Aug 10, 2011 | Business - General, Cities, Economy, Leadership, Lifestyle, Productivity, Technology, Working From Home
Many of you will have come across the various forms of the “Did You Know?” or “Shift Happens” slide shows over the past decade or so – there are several versions on YouTube, of course. Regardless of how accurate you believe the figures presented to be, the facts of...
by Guy | Jun 27, 2011 | Earth Sciences, Economy, Europe, Oil, Technology
There’s a good deal of talk about power today: oil prices retaining their high levels in spite of Saudi offering to make up any shortfall due to Libya, nuclear back-tracking following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and so on. How, the media seem to be asking, is...