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One in six executives thought their company could target up to 20% of its workforce each year for dismissal without damaging productivity and morale. ¶

Tips for a healthy high life

Tips for preventing [business] travel becoming a chore ¶

Thursday January 04, 2007

The Great British Skive delays start of 2007 till January 8

Wednesday December 27, 2006

The US's gender pay gap isn't narrowing any more

Particularly for women with University degrees ¶

Thursday December 21, 2006

Are we being ripped off over software? | Technology | Guardian Unlimited Technology

"Any attempt to associate real value with what we buy in [aka pay for] software is probably doomed to failure" ¶

Saturday December 16, 2006

OFT blasts government agencies for manipulating the market in public sector information

Data restrictions allegedly cost economy �500m: the Ordnance Survey comes in for particularly virulent criticism. ¶

Wednesday November 29, 2006

�Yours Truly,� the E-Variations

Because how you end your emails is apparently full of social significance... ¶

Sunday September 24, 2006

Pro tools don't make you a pro

Saturday August 26, 2006

Do you need a boss?

"If you don't have a boss, you may need to invent one." ¶

Tuesday August 01, 2006

Top Ten Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs

Monday June 26, 2006

Six steps for learning difficult subjects quickly

Thursday June 22, 2006

The top 10 ways to prevent innovation

Wednesday June 21, 2006

Sunday June 18, 2006

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN

Wednesday June 14, 2006

Signs you have a great job ... or not

Monday June 12, 2006

Depressed men suffer in silence, says research

51 per cent of British men feel down, stressed, depressed or anxious at least once a month, while more than one in five (21 per cent) feel that way every day or a few times a week ¶

Sunday June 11, 2006

Academic AWOL

How to catch up when you're far far behind... ¶

Friday June 09, 2006

Beat procrastination with the 10 minute rule

Tuesday June 06, 2006

Dr. Johnson on reminders

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed" ¶

Sunday June 04, 2006

The Aphorism toolkit

"Reasons to be cheerful, one , two, three" (Ian Dury) ¶

Saturday June 03, 2006

Bosses in love with claptrap and blinded by ideologies

If doctors were as cavalier with the evidence [as bosses are], a lot of their patients would be dead and many medics would be behind bars - the Observer reviews [and loves - "what bids fair to be one of the management books of the year"] Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense ¶

Monday May 29, 2006

The price of plagiarism: $1 million
The CEO of Raytheon was forced to give up almost a million dollars worth of salary/compensation after claiming [and publishing] someone else's work as his own. ¶