Having a choice in the provision of public services has to be a good thing doesn’t it? It will create a sense of competition between providers which will drive up standards for fear of losing valuable customers to the rival organisations. People will be able to express their preference in the only way that we … Continue reading Choice in public service provision
International day of…
Sunday 10 March may be Mother’s day this year but it is also the second ever International Bagpipe day, if you are into that sort of thing and it is also the seventh International Day of Awesomeness. Now not everyone can play the bagpipes and certainly not everyone can be a mother but everyone has … Continue reading International day of…
Meteorite fever
On the 15th February 2013 a previously unknown asteroid entered the earth’s atmosphere and some seventeen seconds later exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk situated just east of the Ural Mountains, in the aptly named Oblast region. No bigger than a small block of flats and weighing the equivalent of seven million bags of … Continue reading Meteorite fever
Modern democracy
‘It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all of those other forms that have been tried from time to time.’ How many blogs have started off with the quote attributed to Winston Churchill, hundreds if not thousands if a quick search on Google is anything to go by? … Continue reading Modern democracy
The first cut this year
It’s the start of spring according to the weatherman but my calendar says there are still a few weeks left of winter to go. Either way, the sun is out and the birds are singing and the sap is rising. The buds on the hydrangea are thinking about bursting open and the grass is starting … Continue reading The first cut this year
The return of the high-street
The high-street is finally fighting back thanks to the latest breakthrough in three dimensional holographic projection. Lonnie Ryedale, the driving force behind Holomain Projections describes the thinking that lead to her ground-breaking business idea. ‘I had been an on-line shopper since the birth of the industry but was always disappointed by one of its biggest … Continue reading The return of the high-street
Running a project? Ask Oor Wullie
If you want to know everything about running a project then you can do no better than to ask Oor Wullie. I’ve been telling this story quite a lot over the last few weeks as it seems to be more and more relevant. I just hope it’s actually true. I think it is but then … Continue reading Running a project? Ask Oor Wullie
The right way to address a customer
There must be a right way to address a customer. When I go into a pub and the barman who is about my age says to me ‘What would you like, mate?’ that’s alright isn’t it? But what if I was called mate in Marks and Spencer? Perhaps that would not be as acceptable and … Continue reading The right way to address a customer
Newsreel revival?
Lee Jenner’s Enterprise Shorts may have started out as a spoof but are now set to become an overnight internet sensation. As Lee explains: ‘I’d recently come out of college having finished my Media Studies degree and wanted to create a number of short films that parodied the patronising, nanny-knows-best style of the old Pathé … Continue reading Newsreel revival?
Which came first, the private or the public sector?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s easy. The first egg was laid by a chicken like creature. But which came first, the private or the public sector? That’s a lot harder and I’m not sure there is an obvious answer. Man is a social animal and in all human societies there is … Continue reading Which came first, the private or the public sector?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 