It’s a big week for Physics here at ReesAcres. So here are a couple of quotes from Niels Bohr who won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1922 for his work on understanding atomic structure and quantum theory. He later went on to work on the Manhattan Project having fled his native Denmark in 1943.Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #321”
Monthly Archives: June 2015
The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy
I have been a fan of Charles Handy since I read “The Age of Unreason” in 1992 and his “Understanding Organisations” was one of the set texts on my MBA course at the Open University in 1994. He has a real grasp of the human condition, a rare intelligence and the ability to explain hisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy”
The trouble with science
From John Naughton From an article by the Editor of The Lancet after attending a symposium last week on the reproducibility and reliability of biomedical research organised by the Wellcome Trust. “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes,Continue reading “The trouble with science”
Is the bubble just getting bigger? “IDH opens wide for £1bn autumn stock market float”
From The Telegraph online 3oth May. Dentist chain IDH opens wide for £1bn autumn stock market float Stock market listing of Integrated Dental Holdings will see senior managers at the UK’s biggest dentist chain collect a £150m windfall. Europe’s biggest dentist chain has revived plans for a £1bn London stock market float after overcoming fearsContinue reading “Is the bubble just getting bigger? “IDH opens wide for £1bn autumn stock market float””
The Monday Morning Quote #320
The companies that survive longest are the one’s that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. Charles Handy
The Incisal Edge 