Chicken Licken says the sky has fallen – #94 Lee Gilbert’s thoughts on GDPR, “It seems every type of company from Accountants, HR Advisory firms, Law Practices, IT companies, Greengrocers and Candle Stick makers… have been jumping on the band wagon of running seminar’s on the subject without truly understanding (or having read in someContinue reading “GDPR = Got Desperate People Rich(er)”
Category Archives: Systems
So you can be pregnant and sacked….
From the Lexology newsletter. Can a pregnant employee be fairly dismissed if their employer does not know they are pregnant? The story starts: Ms Thompson had been employed just over a month, and was still in her probationary period, when she found out she was pregnant. She experienced pains and was admitted to hospital but didContinue reading “So you can be pregnant and sacked….”
Rees’s Reads #1 – Setting The Table by Danny Meyer
Setting The Table – The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business This book should be compulsory reading for everyone who works in any business that serves customers face to face. I believe it is essential for any dentist looking to differentiate themselves – especially from corporate practices. Danny Meyer is a restauranteur. The CEO ofContinue reading “Rees’s Reads #1 – Setting The Table by Danny Meyer”
The Monday Morning Quote #469
“Leadership is the capacity to look ahead, think ahead, plan ahead, and then influence other people to go ahead on the plan” Ralph C Smedley
Health Factory
I am fortunate, and grateful, to have a brother whose inclination and job means that he has an interest in many fields of medicine. Education, research, clinical and academia all provide him with stimulation. We are able to learn from each other (although I believe the balance favours and benefits me). A part of hisContinue reading “Health Factory”
One rule for you, one rule for the rest…
Inspired by John Naughton. Picture this – one dentist manages to lose one set of notes of one patient, who was one month old, who had made one visit to the practice as an emergency and treatment consisted of examination and parental reassurance. The notes are passed to a recognised third party for disposal butContinue reading “One rule for you, one rule for the rest…”
The Monday Morning Quote #442
“The solutions are all simple – after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.” Robert M. Pirsig – Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Monday Morning Quote #439
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker Read more here and here
The Monday Morning Quote #420
“If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right.” Jeff Bezos
The Cost of Doing Nothing – in IT
From LRB comes Paul Taylor’s take on what has led up to the problems with NHS IT systems – the malware attack last Friday was a symptom of a far more complex and concerning issue. Successive governments have spent billions without success. “There are no good news stories about computers and the NHS. The reportingContinue reading “The Cost of Doing Nothing – in IT”
The Incisal Edge 