“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Category Archives: Blog
A Trump Tower Goes Bust in Canada
I try to keep my political views to myself, but some weeks you have to acknowledge what’s happening elsewhere. This story is from my friend Jason Cupp’s newsfeed here. It’s worth a read. A Trump Tower Goes Bust in Canada The failure this week of Trump Toronto showcased a familiar scenario: big promises, glitzy image,Continue reading “A Trump Tower Goes Bust in Canada”
RCS warns of risks of increasing litigation pay-outs
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has warned that NHS trusts risk facing a dramatic increase in the number of litigation pay-outs made if they do not make changes to the processes they use to gain consent from patients before surgery. The warning comes after a landmark judgment given in a Supreme Court case inContinue reading “RCS warns of risks of increasing litigation pay-outs”
The Monday Morning Quote #391
“Direction is so much more important than speed. Many are going nowhere fast.” Anon…
Ads and Blockers
My friends are fed up of hearing me bang on about digital advertising and (to a certain extent) digital marketing generally. I believe that much of it is smoke and mirrors sold to the unwary with promises of subsequent success which, like all advertising is impossible to measure. The old gag that only half ofContinue reading “Ads and Blockers”
Pharmacists – another endangered species?
The Minister for Community and Social Care (Alistair Burt) spoke in Parliament on 24 May 2016 a few days before he silver tongued the BDA conference with similar words after which I wrote, “Much of his speech we have heard before and it did little to convince me that (NHS) dentistry is anything other thanContinue reading “Pharmacists – another endangered species?”
World class?
Use of the term world-class. Usually means one of the following: you are lazy, corrupt, or deluded. Rarely, it means something else that in almost all instances does not need saying. from reestheskin
The Monday Morning Quote #390
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” William Arthur Ward
The Monday Morning Quote #389
“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.” Daniel Kahneman, Thinking fast and Slow
Nigel Lawson and hubris
The former UK chancellor of the exchequer writing in the FT in a patronising piece about Brexit. (Sept 3rd) “I was a member of the Thatcher government of the 1980s that transformed the British economy, an achievement acknowledged throughout the world at the time.” Like many I acknowledge that the economy was transformed. Like manyContinue reading “Nigel Lawson and hubris”
The Incisal Edge 