Archive for May, 2010

Are you Doing Well by Doing Good?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

From the Body Shop to Trader Joes, companies across the world are getting the hang of doing well by doing good. There’s never been a better time to do so. On the one hand, the recession, international price-led competition and regulation and taxes all make doing business in 2010 difficult. But on the other, research [...]

Skill our People and Beat the World

Monday, May 24th, 2010

As M.D. of Denny Training, I rant a lot about the need for, and value of, training. But I just love it when someone outside the training industry says it better than me. So allow me to quote Lord Digby Jones from yesterday’s Sunday Times.  “We live in a world where China wants your lunch, [...]

Would you trust you if you didn’t know you?

Friday, May 14th, 2010

I was walking out of the supermarket yesterday and the elderly woman in front of me dropped her shopping bag. The bag had a garish design and so was easily recognizable. That’s why I didn’t expect the reaction I got when I handed the bag back to its owner. It happened in a second, but [...]