At a recent meeting of an engineering consultancy it was passionately said “We do not own oil fields, we do not manufacture, we derive our income from our people. Without Good people we cannot succeedâ€I am not sure who said that, but whoever it was has a real...
At a recent Toastmasters meeting, the raffle master produced a non-descript article, wrapped in brown paper. There was no indication of what it contained, and most people would have passed it by, or left it lying on the table.But this young lady had other ideas. She...
Mark Twain attributed the “Lies, damned lies and statistics†to Benjamin Disraeli – and it still has a modicum of truth in it. I was accosted over the weekend by a petition wielding lady with statistics at her finger tips. She wanted something banned (It...
“Ah! Freedom†I said to myself when I finally left my institute of learning “No more being told what to do … no more rules and regulations … Life! The way I want it to be!â€Ah! The innocence of youth!Because the first thing I had to do was get a job. Funny...
Monday’s blog topic created a lot of comments, and I thank everyone that sent me Direct Messages through Twitter about it (Suprisingly no comments on the blog, perhaps we like our privacy too much!) – but I do agree, there are two sides to the story.Last time, I...
