“Between Stimulus and Response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” Victor Frankl
Monthly Archives: August 2010
The 2010 Social Networking Map
From Flowtown an up to date “map” of social networking sites.
Funding for NHS dentistry – draw your own conclusions
From today’s BDA Executive Update Figures highlight mounting expenses of dental practice warns BDA New figures published by the NHS Information Centre today highlight the increasing expense of providing dental care, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned. The Information Centre’s report, Dental Earnings and Expenses, England and Wales 2008/09, shows expenses borne by dentalContinue reading “Funding for NHS dentistry – draw your own conclusions”
The Monday Morning Quote
“All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.” Thomas Leonard
The Monday Morning Quote
“Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
Are Staff Happy?
Received this recently and thought I’d share it because I believe it is relevant to the owners of all professional practices. What are you doing to make sure that your team works together and stays together? Editorial – Are Staff Happy? By Steve Gold, Editor, Management in Brief http://www.managementbooks.co.uk I’ve just got back from notContinue reading “Are Staff Happy?”
“Reducing Dental Errors Using Pilot Safety Protocol”
I have a client who is both a dentist and a pilot, on his recommendation I read a book called “Air Accident Investigation” which examines (as you would gather) air accidents. My client has long been a fan of checklists in his practice in order to practice preventively, in this case to prevent mistakes. He’llContinue reading ““Reducing Dental Errors Using Pilot Safety Protocol””
More brickbats than bouquets?
Yet again a new government in the UK sets its eyes on the NHS. Why is it that change in the NHS has to be dramatic and so, so, expensive both in financial and human terms? Is it really the case that having had to concentrate on the cold war for all those years politiciansContinue reading “More brickbats than bouquets?”
The Monday Morning Quote
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There isContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote”
The Weekend Read – The Buddha, Geoff and Me by Edward Canfor-Dumas
Sometime during the days following October 10th 1957 my father delivered my 4 year old self, wrapped in pyjamas and dressing gown, to The Laurels, Huntley. We made the journey because my brother had just been born, a home delivery, and I presume my Mum, whose 86th birthday it would have been today, needed someContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Buddha, Geoff and Me by Edward Canfor-Dumas”
