How to beat procrastination
Procrastination is a big problem for writers. The Economist takes a view, based on research and economic theory: New-year irresolution. What seems...
The wrong word: widely misunderstood scientific terms
People have a horrible tendency to use the wrong word in press releases, especially when using scientific terms they don’t understand. Hype...
The best and worst job titles
Bin man or Environmental Maintenance Officer? Why are job titles getting so ridiculous? Perhaps I’m sitting in a glass house throwing...
Motherfoucault! How to write better academic papers
“Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right.”- Donald Norman The worst academic papers is notorious for using complicated...
What to do when you have too much to do
Focus equals results. This is an important understanding. ‘Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do,’ said Steve Jobs...
Little data: why it matters more than big data
Everyone’s talking about ‘big data’. There’s no doubt that there are more bits and bytes than ever before. As George Dyson writes ‘when the...
The A-Z of Small Business Outsourcing
It used to be a question for the biggest businesses: what do we outsource? Time has levelled the playing field and, today, even small...