Tag Archives: Business

How to be English and do Marketing

Posted on March 2, 2014 by mike

This post was first published on my companion site The Tao of Business Development Any English (or probably Brit for that matter, although the periphery always had to be better at staking its claim) of a certain age certainly has … Continue reading →

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The World Of Work Has Changed Forever

Posted on September 30, 2013 by mike

This post was first published on my companion site The Tao of Business Development I was networking around recently and catching up with chums old and new.  The one thing that struck me was that the world of work was proving … Continue reading →

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Antipatterns: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies

Posted on April 25, 2013 by mike

A little while back I was working somewhere, where, if you were from Mars and asked to work out how people were remunerated, you would probably conclude that the amount of sweat people produced in a day was measured and … Continue reading →

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If you are annoying some people you must be onto something!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by mike

I generally think of annoying people as A Bad Thing. I recall reading some time back about the hugely irritating series of GoCompare adverts with the cod opera singer. As I recall something like 80% of people find this highly … Continue reading →

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From John Kay on Why 19thC & 21stC “Capitalism” are Completely Different to Language, the Euro and Personal Crises

Posted on April 25, 2012 by mike

I like these broad ranging connections 🙂 A kind of linked in, “6 degrees of separation” for concepts 🙂 One of the interesting things from studying, and more importantly experiencing and integrating Asian traditions – predominantly Indian and Chinese worldviews … Continue reading →

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Using Wisdom Traditions in Project Management

Posted on April 22, 2012 by mike

One of the traps those of us educated in a western context tend to fall into is that of conceptualisation. We are very good with ideas, very good at kicking them round, critiquing them, criticising them. And that’s great. But … Continue reading →

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Three Ways for Coping with Data Overload

Posted on April 21, 2012 by mike

In 2011 I took the year off to write a book. Well yes and no. As many authors will attest “the book” takes over. I intended taking three months off but the book became the master and I the servant … Continue reading →

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Why are Wisdom Traditions Relevant to Business Today?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by mike

Most business folks who have perused this website are interested in the wisdom traditions angle taking the perspective that wisdom is sadly lacking in the modern world and its a very valid topic in it’s own right. Not only that … Continue reading →

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