Chris Davies – MEP of the Year

Today, I put forward Chris Davies MEP forward for the Parliament Magazine MEP of the Year – http://www.mepawards.eu/ As a life long Labour Party member it is a little strange to be putting forward a British Liberal forward for his work on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. (ps: Sarah Ludford MEP with Chris … Read more

Need Good Ideas? Try this

I have just read James Web Young’s ‘A Technique for Producing Ideas‘. If you are looking for the holy grail of ideas this may not be what you thought you’d learn. But, as with other classics like Mortimer J. Adler’s ‘How to Read a Book’, James Young has detailed clearly and concisely the principles and … Read more

should you eat north sea cod?

  An interesting spat between the UK Seafish and Marine Wildlife Conservation Society (MCS) being reported in the excellent fishing news. MCS are recommending UK customers don’t eat North Sea cod. Sea fish, the UK agency tasked with promoting the industry, say the advice is wrong. What does the picture say? I thought the scientific … Read more

Remote: Office Not Required

Remote: Office Not Required I’m a fan of 37 signals.com. They provide software that really makes your working life a lot easier. I enjoyed their other book, Rework, and I enjoyed Remote, as it shows managers the importance of remote workers (the people not clogged up all the time in the office) and that not … Read more