For the past few years, I’ve been paying a lot of attention to Generation Y, the people now entering the workplace to the tune of 20% and rising in the UK. Gen Y still fascinate me, particularly how they’re responding to tough times and their views and hopes for the future. At the same time,… Read more
Just in case some of you are thinking of brushing up your resumes, curriculum vitae, call it what you will. Here’s a novel approach – and for those of you who’ve already seen Chris Doyle’s wonderful take on this, I make no apologies, as it still raises a smile. And the piece got him a… Read more
With the resident fish refusenik off out, time to experiment – thought it worked out quite well. Let me know what you think. For each person you will need: 1 salmon fillet, any bones and skin removed 1 sachet of miso soup 1 bunch of rice noodles (Sharwoods are good and easy to prepare) 1… Read more
Well worth a read, whether you are already running your own business, running someone else’s or have aspirations to – or as the authors say, none of the above. Hansson and Fried run 37 signals, an extremely successful software company, that in their own words is ‘small [still only 16 people], frugal and profitable’. The… Read more