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These opinions are my own, and not that of any of my current or former clients.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business
Focus on the big things, not the little things Focus effort on removing the primary bottleneck in your process. That means stop working on anything that isn’t the current or next bottleneck or business as usual. And I mean everything. … Continue reading
Brass Monkey 2009 – a photolog
The reprobates meet for another Brass Monkey Tying down the bikes in the Ferry Glassy smooth crossing. A good sign – we could have forgone tying those bikes as well.. South of Blenheim – it was cold. We live in … Continue reading
The Fail of Bing. And google.
Like everyone else I have been trying out Bing.com – Microsofts “new” search engine. It’s useless. Here is the result page for “buy car” – with “pages from New Zealand selected”. Firstly it is difficult to see where the advertisements … Continue reading
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When to resign from a board
Over at the SEC is an excellent letter from Richard E Middlekauff – who just resigned from the board of Heelys, Inc – a shoe company. Here’s why: 1: The shareholders are not maximising their return after the company was … Continue reading
A few fun GM Chapter 11 facts
A quick read of the General Motors Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition gives some fun facts about the collosal disaster that is GM. Total Assets: $82.3 Billion Total Debts: $172.8 Billion. That’s 217% of assets, $90.52 billion in net debt and … Continue reading
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Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business
Give the people what they want Go through your Microsoft receipts line by line – and systematically reduce it to zero. Give this task to the palid looking guy who looks after your servers and databases. Abandon PCs – and … Continue reading
