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An Israeli inventor, Izhar Gafni, has succeeded in making a bike out of the very thing that normal bikes come in… the box!  The bike is not just theoretical either, it will begin production in the next month or so.  It will cost around $9 to make and can be bought for around $20, which […][...] read more » A bike made out of… cardboard?!?

Apparently the latest corporate ‘thing’ to try and make training sexy, is lessons from former rock stars such as Ian Gillian, from Deep Purple, and Bernie Tormé, from Ozzy Osourne’s band.  I know that the likes of (sir) Mick Jagger & Gene Simmonds have shrewd business brains.  Peter Cook, an MBA graduate and author, runs […][...] read more » Business lessons from Rock Gods?

It is 20 years since these yellow Cyclopes were introduced to make our roads a safer place.  Well they have changed the way we drive but what have they achieved?  Roger Reynolds was the policeman in charge of the initial project, and he thinks “It’s a fiasco now”. The first one was located on the […][...] read more » What the Gatso can teach us about Change

This weekend I went to a very unusual concert in the historic setting of Trinity College chapel in Cambridge.  It was part of the early musical festival.  It featured a Norwegian group of singers call Trio Medieval, who played with Arve Henriksen.  They sang largely unaccompanied, apart from Arve.  Their repertoire was based on 12-13th […][...] read more » New from old–a recipe for Change

Someone raised the question the other day “How do you stand out from all the other coaches?“. A very good question but one which applies just as well to many, if not all businesses. I think in this area especially, the answer is ‘dare to be different’. If you are a ‘me too’ coach offering […][...] read more » Dare to be different

Today, a guest blog from Maurice de Castro, leadership expert and speaker, talking about his personal experience in leadership: From a leadership perspective one of the most crippling environments you can ever find yourself in is the Yes BUT culture. Those two small yet devastatingly powerful words only serve to maintain the status quo and […][...] read more » Yes BUT, No BUT, Yes BUT …

In Uzbekistan, teachers are being paid (literally) with chickens!  Although the authorities said receiving the chickens was voluntary, a teacher in the Bukhara region in central Uzbekistan said the chickens had been forced on them.  “We were forced to take ten chickens each,” he said. “One Serbian chicken is valued at 5.5 soms ($3 at […][...] read more » Taking getting paid chicken feed to a whole new level!!

The Titanic is much in the news at present with its centenary and the 3D re-release of the hit movie of that name.  As a proud citizen of Godalming, we remember Jack Phillips, the senior radio operator, and local hero.  He is credited with manning the radio to the end trying to get help for […][...] read more » S.O.S. – How the Titanic established the need for wireless telegraphy or radio

I loved this story.  Here is a major telecom company who are usually all about highly technical innovations who have discovered a quicker, cheaper way to dig a hole!  It only goes to show that we should never fail to re-examine how we do what we do.  So much of the way we work, the […][...] read more » When innovation is a new spade…

Google has decided that the best way to protect their HQ from brush fires in the countryside surrounding their building is to unleash a herd of 200 goats.  They crop the grass and fertilise it at the same time; and by keeping the grass short, the goats reduce the risk of bush-fires.  A spokesman said […][...] read more » Google and the goats