A business has three levels of responsibility. It is responsible to the market, its people and its society. All businesses should ensure that all three layers are built into their core values and consumers should avoid dealing with those that don’t. Everyone can understand that a business has a responsibility to its market. It needs … Continue reading Three levels of corporate responsibility
Pieris and Dandelions
The Pieris is doing very well in the garden this year (I say the garden rather than my garden as I cannot take any credit for it!). Its new growth is flaming red, a vermillion and so bright that it seems to illuminate the garden just as the sun goes down. I’ve never seen it … Continue reading Pieris and Dandelions
The Shape of Water
Some of my blogs are eaten by the birds while others fall on stony ground. Occasionally though one seems to take root and ends up giving me a good crop of readers. Such was the case with one of my latest, ‘Do structures make a difference? ’ a subject that has been exercising my mind … Continue reading The Shape of Water
Communication is a what?
I’ve often heard the phrase that communication is a two way street. Well it isn’t, that’s a bad analogy. In a two way street the traffic goes one way up one side of the road and down in the opposite direction on the other. Up and down only. Unless there is an obstruction in the … Continue reading Communication is a what?
Understanding your business
If you want to make real change to your business then you really need to understand how it works, how it really works and there is no better way to find out other than by going and finding out for yourself. In a small operation this could be by actually doing the different jobs, getting … Continue reading Understanding your business
Another business shutting down
There is another shop shutting down in the high street in my own home town. It is a book shop this time. Whilst our town seems to have weathered the financial storm better than most, some recent events have conspired to make business very difficult. Another small business is going and so some more people … Continue reading Another business shutting down
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 