Posts Tagged: Work

As I enter week three of working a four day work week, I thought I should keep my promise and update you on week two: it passed without incident. The end. Sorry, but I’m pleased to say there is little to report. It is working well for both me and my wife, who is enjoying… Continue Reading ›

Our son will be starting school in September, allowing my wife to return to work; she wants to I’m not forcing her – honest. She has always wanted to train to be a nursery nurse, and through a chance conversation at our son’s pre-school, she has secured a position starting immediately. To give her the… Continue Reading ›

As an ex-Psion employee, I was disappointed and a little saddened to learn of Psion’s spurious trademark claim to the word netbook. Psion was once a great technology company, practically inventing the PDA, creating some classic hardware designs, and creating the operating system that powers a huge proportion of today’s smartphones: Symbian. Psion launched the… Continue Reading ›

Seth Godin has another great post on his blog today entitled How to Answer the Phone in which he states: The only reason to answer the phone when a customer calls is to make the customer happy. He goes on to say If you’re not doing this or you are unable to do this, do… Continue Reading ›

This is not so much a book review as a book recommendation; in fact, this book is so good, I’m happy for you to stop reading this post now and go and buy Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard. Still here? OK, then I’ll talk a little about this great book. I bought… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just read Seth Godin’s latest post, The New Standard for Meetings and Conferences, about 21st-century knowledge work, in which Seth says If you’re a knowledge worker, your boss shouldn’t make you come to the (expensive) office every day unless there’s something there that makes it worth your trip. She needs to provide you with… Continue Reading ›