Weight control ads in days gone by
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Men wouldn't look at me when I was skinny. Surprising #vintage ad – things change. http://t.co/wbZOML4XX4—
This is stunning! (@thisisstunning) May 12, 2015
Paul Samuelson on the acceptance of the efficient markets hypothesis by Wall Street
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Employee engagement hyperbole
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
It’s been a while since I wrote about employee engagement but recent posts from Gemma and Mervyn prompted me to have another go. When I looked, I remembered why I have avoided it for so long. It’s very hard to find any information about employee engagement that isn’t written by people trying to sell you stuff about employee engagement.
Articles on employee engagement come thick and fast these days, usually with some kind of apocalyptic warning. It’s getting worse, said this New York Times piece last week, with the suggestion that American companies are turning into ‘White Collar Salt-Mines’. Germany has a serious management problem, warned Gallup, as it reported that only 15 percent of German workers are engaged and that this number has barely shifted since 2001. Engage for Success reckons that Britain’s worsening productivity gap is due, in no small part, to poor engagement levels.
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Creative destruction in the Internet
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Map of the Internet in the US, 1969. http://t.co/hKCCBXejCU—
History Pics (@HistoryPixs) February 19, 2014
Lenin Square, Uzbekistan, 1966-1972
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Lenin Square, Uzbekistan, 1966-1972 http://t.co/e0Ao3ynKFn—
Classic Pics (@classicepics) June 01, 2015
Extreme poverty is not the same thing as digital poverty
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Percentage of people around the world who own smartphones, via @conradhackett. Note #China. http://t.co/wAOmIklVbW—
Legatum Institute (@LegatumInst) May 30, 2015
Who pays income tax in New Zealand, and how much?
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Who pays income tax in New Zealand, and how much http://t.co/NpRvzYWbc2—
New Zealand Treasury (@nztreasury) April 12, 2015
Where does the New Zealand government spend its money?
29 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Where New Zealand's core Crown expenses go http://t.co/SjgLVoDDfQ—
New Zealand Treasury (@nztreasury) January 27, 2015
The Mickey Mouse gas mask
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
The Mickey Mouse gas mask, designed to reduce kids' fear for attacks in WWII http://t.co/lqEdoY6tvm—
History Pics (@HistoryPixs) January 06, 2014
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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