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With oil prices falling to as low as $10 a barrel in 1998, rising to $72 in 2007 and now hitting $139 on Friday, what is happening? Forecasters are now saying that oil may break over the $200 per barrel price barrier before the end of the year. Will this bubble never burst? Sure it…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

With so many websites, blogs, voicemails, emails, text messages, adverts, media, feeds and chatrooms twittering at the poor individuals who inhabited earth in 2008, the citizens of the world found it impossible to keep up with everything. Everything had become so fragmented, that workers of the world were drowning in an information overload. As a…

With so many websites, blogs, voicemails, emails, text messages, adverts, media, feeds and chatrooms twittering at the poor individuals who inhabited earth in 2008, the citizens of the world found it impossible to keep up with everything. Everything had become so fragmented, that workers of the world were drowning in an information overload. As a…

In the theme of dialogue about our changing world, the conversations continued with my USA friends about how hard it is to get the marketing right these days. They lamented the fact that their marketing team are so traditional that they still wait until the brochure is perfect for mailing before posting details on the…

In the theme of dialogue about our changing world, the conversations continued with my USA friends about how hard it is to get the marketing right these days. They lamented the fact that their marketing team are so traditional that they still wait until the brochure is perfect for mailing before posting details on the…

I spent yesterday discussing themes for a major conference in the USA later this year. My American friend was a bit down on it all … but then that’s not surprising when Ken Thompson, one of the most respected retail bankers in the USA until this year, had been asked to step down from Wachovia….