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”
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The Weekend Read – How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen
A good book to read before the New Year gets up a head of steam. In it the author, who is a Professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) and has written several other books on innovation, prompts the reader to consider the most important questions you’ll ever face. It doesn’t pretend to have answers butContinue reading “The Weekend Read – How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen”
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”
Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On
Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On From The New York Times Primary-care doctors’ likelihood of prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory infections increased by 1% in their second hour of work, 14% in the third hour, and 26% in the fourth, suggesting that physicians experience “decision fatigue” over the course of a day,Continue reading “Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On”
Working on a Dream the LAST ezine from Dental Business Partners
Sent to subscribers on September 26th 2014 Hello and welcome to a slightly different ezine. A special welcome to the new subscribers, especially those I met at the presentations that Siobhan Kelleher & I did at the offices of Henry Schein in Dublin and Cork. Congratulations to HS on their 20th anniversary in Ireland, markedContinue reading “Working on a Dream the LAST ezine from Dental Business Partners”
& the converse to yesterday’s blog – do you check your employer?
As a follow on from yesterday. From HBR. Reference-Check Your Future Boss What do you wish you had known about your manager before you started your current job? Work style? Personality? Approach to management? Ability (or inability) to empathize? Most advice around job searching and interviewing has become common knowledge: Research the company, ask questionsContinue reading “& the converse to yesterday’s blog – do you check your employer?”
Practice Management Conference 2014 – a great offer for you.
Practice Plan are well known for providing quality meetings and conferences and this year’s Practice Management Conference is no exception. Featuring 4 accomplished speakers Sheila, Scott, Krishan Joshi, Nigel Jones and Kevin Lewis this is a day that should not be missed. Whether you attend in Bolton on June 6th or Reading on June 27thContinue reading “Practice Management Conference 2014 – a great offer for you.”
Another offering for your Facial Aesthetic clients?
This will be of particular interest for those dentists who provide facial aesthetic treatments; although my purely anecdotal opinion is that there are far more trained to carry out the procedures than can find willing participants. I think it’s really more of a marketing problem than anything else, “something to do with the D inContinue reading “Another offering for your Facial Aesthetic clients?”
NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery
NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery Report from Alan Suggett, head of UNW Dental Business Unit: alansuggett@unw.co.uk For the first time in eight years, the profit level of the average private practice is almost the same as the average NHS practice, based on the latest benchmarking statistics from NASDAL. The average net profitContinue reading “NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery”
“Artists don’t show you their brushes do they?”
An interesting conversation with someone non-dental, but with forcefully held opinions, about dentists’ websites. It only re-enforced my views that the only people interested in technical dentistry are dentists and dental people. Went along the lines of , “Alun, you work with dentists and advise them on their business don’t you?” I acknowledged that IContinue reading ““Artists don’t show you their brushes do they?””
The Incisal Edge 