Three quotes and no further comment: “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain” Mark Twain “Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast,” Peter Drucker “SIncerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” Grouch Marx (attrib)Continue reading “Think Your Bank Is Different? You’re Wrong.”
Monthly Archives: July 2012
The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #2 – New molecule means cavity proof teeth
See my comments on a previous blog here about breakthroughs. I realise that I may across as something of a cynic but in fact the opposite is true anything that prevents and/or treats tooth decay has got to be a a wonderful addition to society. I will be delighted if the researchers hard work isContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #2 – New molecule means cavity proof teeth”
The Monday Morning Quote #174
“When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell
The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #1 Seaweed toothpaste ‘to stop tooth decay’
In the second book of the semi-autobiographical series describing the progress of an Edinburgh medical graduate, Colin Douglas describes his hero, David Campbell’s, involvement with medical research. The book’s title is “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime“ and the cynic in me always remembers it when I read headlines like this one from the BBC website.Continue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #1 Seaweed toothpaste ‘to stop tooth decay’”
The Monday Morning Quote #173
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” Peter Drucker
The Incisal Edge 