by David Cottrell | 11 May 2016 | News
Apocalypse: A global, catastrophic event that will kill 10% of the world population. Cheering thought! The apocalypse might not be now but it is coming and there’s a number of options. Pandemics Asteroid AI Nuclear war Climate Change...
by David Cottrell | 26 Apr 2016 | Leadership, Negotiation, News, Questioning Skills
The NHS and Junior Doctors are in Deadlock over the new work contract that is now being enforced upon workers. According to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt there have been 75 meeting between the parties in order to solve the deadlock without success. Deadlocks occur...
by David Cottrell | 25 Apr 2016 | News
The Brics acronym was first coined by Goldman Sachs 15 (!) years ago. The term was used to capture a number of emerging-market economies that included Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined a year later. The main idea was that the balance of global...
by David Cottrell | 11 Apr 2016 | Customer Satisfaction, News
‘Easy to do business with’. I’m sure we’ve all frustratedly held the phone listening to a robotic voice informing us that “your call is important to us but we are experiencing heavy traffic at the moment. Please consider using our website...
by David Cottrell | 21 Mar 2016 | News
The strategy it’s called Betting the Shop when you put all of your resources into one area. So many companies did this when China’s economy was growing at double digits. Businesses ranging from coal-mines to shipbuilding decided it was the only game in...
by David Cottrell | 24 Feb 2016 | News
How can the car be more environmentally friendly than the the bicycle? That’s a joke, right? Stranger things have happened. In 2021 legislation will come into place requiring all new car engines to meet an emissions limit of 95g/km of carbon dioxide....
by David Cottrell | 10 Feb 2016 | Leadership, News
Derby County are a second tier football club in England. They currently sit in 5th place and are just 5 points off the top place. There are still 16 games left with 48 points to fight for. Sounds quite rosy doesn’t it? The team in a strong position to fight for...
by David Cottrell | 8 Feb 2016 | News
1kg of niobium added to 1t of steel makes an alloy so strong that were it to be used to rebuild the Eiffel Tower, the new tower would weigh under a third of its current 7000t Niobium along with cobalt, indium, gallium and tantalum are rare metals used in tiny...
by David Cottrell | 1 Feb 2016 | News
Andy Murray is a world class tennis player. Grand Slam winner with career earnings in the $10’s of millions. However he (and virtually every male tennis player) cannot beat his main competitor Novak Djokovic. The picture above isn’t from...
by David Cottrell | 25 Jan 2016 | LAUS, News
Smaller Companies are the drivers of economies around the world. “Klein aber fein”. The first time I heard this phrase was from my old German teacher as he discussed my recent homework. I was too young to appreciate sarcasm! However small can...
by David Cottrell | 5 Jan 2016 | News
The past really is a foreign country! Political incorrectness in the world of Don Draper and the rest of the Mad Men. However, have things really advanced? Sugary drinks continue to pose a massive problem for children’s health and I forgot to take my dose of...
by David Cottrell | 5 Jan 2016 | Customer Satisfaction, News
Existing Customers are the life blood of any business. They obvious value the products and services because they are a customer and return for repeat business. Existing Customers help to cover costs and keep the business running. If they are so important why do so...
