Ever since I heard Einstein’s saying that, “All things should be made as simple as possible but no simpler”, I have sought, espoused and taught a philosophy of simplicity. I used Mike Wise’s dictum to make your restorative work recoverable when doing clinical work and applied the same thought to all systems. Now Dr JohnContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda”
Category Archives: Systems
Tolerate Nothing – The Current Ezine
I don’t know about you but this week I have been overwhelmed by “Happy New Year” emails, many of which appear as authentic as a DFS discount and are thinly disguised sales letters, I realise that it’s a busy time of year, my clients seem to have hit the ground running and so I’m goingContinue reading “Tolerate Nothing – The Current Ezine”
In Case You Missed It #3 – 20.11.15
1) In the week when Junior Hospital Doctors (ie those who are have not achieved consultant status) have voted overwhelmingly to strike. I wonder if their Dental colleagues will join them (result of their ballot due in 10 days or so). I’m pretty sure that the vast majority of dentists who work in general practiceContinue reading “In Case You Missed It #3 – 20.11.15”
A Laboratory Personal Touch
We live in an age where some dental laboratory work is sent half way round the world to be processed. Even if a laboratory is a few miles from a practice it’s not unusual for technician and dentists to have a vague and distant relationship. I know that some laboratory owners say that they onlyContinue reading “A Laboratory Personal Touch”
The Monday Morning Quote #341 – Thomas Leonard October #4
“Tolerate Nothing” “When you put up with something, it costs you. Costs are expensive and unattractive.” Thomas Leonard from ‘The 28 Principles of Attraction.’
The Monday Morning Quote #339 – Thomas Leonard October #2
“Simplify Everything. Abandoning the Non-Essentials leaves more room for you to Attract.” Thomas Leonard
Are your customers avoiding you?
I like, and sometimes even admire, the advertising industry, at its very top end it is entertaining and memorable. Most of it is not, it’s mundane, repetitive and unimaginative. I thoroughly enjoyed John Hegarty’s book and think that he and a lot of his colleagues are very bright, creative thinkers. I have read about DavidContinue reading “Are your customers avoiding you?”
“Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.
Following on from another Consumer’s Association report. Dentistry is an easy target for any journalist that wants to have a go at a profession. Let’s face it, from Marathon Man through The Little Shop of Horrors via Lemming of the BDA and Robert Lindsay’s misanthropic, cynical and assistant sacking GDP Ben, dentists tend not toContinue reading ““Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.”
The Weekend Read – The E-myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
I first read this book in February 2001 and my reaction was, “how did I survive for so long without this knowledge?”. The answer of course was, “at great cost both financially and emotionally”, so whilst I had learnt a lot of Michael Gerber’s lessons I did so painfully and slowly. This is a bookContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The E-myth Revisited by Michael Gerber”
The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Another book to which I was introduced by my brother, both Rees boys are hungry readers. I thought that I had featured it here already but it has either been edited away or my brain is willing me to have done so. What has brought Atul Gawande back to mind is that he is thisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande”
The Incisal Edge 