Archive for February, 2008

The Floor

Funniest Home Videos is dominated by blokes getting hit in the twig and berries, people falling off stuff, cats attacking small children, people running into things on their bikes, or people hurting themselves on exercise equipment.
The piece of exercise equipment set to revolutionize the way people get fit, is… THE FLOOR! That’s right, no [...]

Up until 15 seconds ago, I actually thought hoodia was a make/model of an italian made car. Not sure why. In any case, hoodia has nothing to do with cars. It’s all to do with dietary supplements. Clearly a lucrative market, especially with obesity being a growing problem… “growing”… get it? Still, I’m not [...]

Having worked for a couple of different employers now, one of the many things I’ve learned is that, in general, where ever you go, performance management sucks. This could be for a number of reasons, but probably the biggest issue relating to performance management is the subjectivity of the whole thing. Just think about the [...]

One of the organization buzz words I’ve heard a lot from people lately is succession planning. If I had to make an uneducated guess as to why the issue of succession planning is getting more coverage, it would be because of the aging population, and therefore workforce, particularly in Australia.
Why is a succession plan [...]

It’s probably quite obvious to all who stumble across this blog that it has drifted far off its intended course. Initially it was set up for a friend to share ideas about teaching. It got handed back to me once the original owner had lost the drive to continue on with it. Since then it’s [...]