by Guy | Jul 31, 2013 | Business - General, Investing, Lifestyle, Marketing
Just a few years ago, the concept of a driverless car was nothing more than science fiction. Today, it is fast becoming reality with Google cars having already covered over 500,000 miles (800,000 km) without any accident while under “robot control.” Of course, it’s...
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 | Apr 5, 2013 | Business - General, Cities, Lifestyle, Productivity, Strategy, Technology, Working From Home
There’s a revolution under way that is gaining momentum, and yet doing so in a way that although we scarcely notice the changes from day-to-day, when we look back a few years we can see they’re enormous. This revolution is in the way we work and live. Ten years ago,...
by Guy | Aug 11, 2012 | Business - General, Lifestyle, Recession, Uncategorized, Upturn
An interesting phenomenon has hit Britain over the past 2 weeks – the traditional British reserve has been replaced with enthusiasm and a sense of national pride I’ve not seen here before. What’s more – the normally omnipresent negativity about almost everything (not...
by Guy | Oct 18, 2011 | Business - General, Lifestyle, Productivity, Technology
One thing you can be sure about in the IT industry – change. Lots of it, fast and often in unexpected directions. After 20 years of PCs in various forms increasingly ruling our lives, getting smaller, quicker, more capable software, and so on, suddenly there’s a...
by Guy | Aug 25, 2011 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, Leadership, Lifestyle, Non-Executive Directors, Productivity
A fascinating piece by John Tierney in the NY Times explored the concept of “Decision Fatigue,” concluding that people faced with making a number of decisions do so less well as the day wears on. In studies with Roy Baumeister, a clear correlation was shown between...
