Road accidents attract quite a lot of publicity in Cyprus. While I do not believe the problem is as exacerbated over the last few years as reporters present it to be, I am taking the opportunity to suggest improvements on how this could be tackled. These could be applicable to nearly every country though:
The Football World Cup is over. For those of you on the other side of the Atlantic, the Soccer World Cup is over. There, who said that you can’t keep everyone happy? Although I am not very passionate about this particular sport on a clubs level, I have been a regular viewer of both the Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jul18-Aug18[…]
The “millennium bug” referred to a class of computer bugs related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates beginning in the year 2000. Problems were anticipated, and arose, because many programs represented four-digit years with only the final two digits — making the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900. The assumption of a Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #7: The millennial bug[…]
Alfred Pennyworth used to say that “Some people just want to watch the world burn.” I do not know about the World, but as a friend told me once, some people deserve to get burned. And they all have one common characteristic – Self-centeredness.
It’s OK to be sentimental. It’s OK to be romantic about your business ideas, because this gives traction at the beginning of a project, which is the hardest part. Inertia can then take over, but in the beginning, you need this traction. Overlooking however, the practicalities of something may ultimately reduce your credibility.
A deal was reached on the early hours of 22 July between Greece and its international creditors, regarding the former’s request for debt relief, on the occasion of the end of its macroeconomic adjustment program. Both sides issued statements of satisfaction after the deal, with Klaus Regling, the head of the Eurozone’s bailout fund, going Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jun18-Jul18[…]
I have oftentimes said through this blog, as well as via other means, that the more technology is advancing, the more intrusive, not to mention abusive, marketing professionals are becoming. From the spreading of the printing press in the 1500s, to the advent of nation-wide telephone systems in the 1900s, to mass e-mail marketing in Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #6: New age marketing[…]
The ECB announced after today’s meeting in Riga, that it will leave its Quantitative Easing (“QE”) policy unchanged, at EUR30b per month, until the end of Sep18, by which time it will cut it to EUR15b. The QE will then continue at the pace EUR15b per month until the end of Dec18 and then end. That being Read more about ECB announces end to QE hours after FED announced an increase in interest rates[…]
This one is easily my most passionate podcast yet. Executives in project-based companies that dedicate time to managing people are as anachronistic as someone who would use cows to plow their field. What you really need to manage is teams. And real teams take time to build. You can’t force them by mixing and matching Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #5: The clockwork[…]
Joker said that “If you are really good at something, you never do it for free” which is good to keep in mind when requested by others to help them without pay. I am also outlining other factors that I like to take into account when considering such requests: