In the past, skilled people of all crafts joined together to improve the quality of their lives and their products. These groups were called guilds, and they were similar to the small businesses of today. They constituted a group of like-minded individuals who came...
If you run your own business, you may have had to ask an employee to leave. There could be all sorts of scenarios where you were forced to let a staff member go. Whatever the problem was, that’s a solution – but is that the end of it? Even if culpable, nobody likes...
It’s a proven formula for business success: KISS. Keep it simple, stupid! If you can keep your operations simple then you can reduce the costs of doing business, ensure staff are informed and on top of everything and limit the possibilities of error. For most...
You may think that you’re awesome at multitasking, but according to cognitive psychologist Art Markman, “You are your own worst judge of how good a multitasker you are.” This is because the same areas of your brain that monitor performance are the...
We all have our preferred way of doing things. That applies to the ways we use technology, as well as other areas of our lives. We’re creatures of habit and most of us don’t relish operating outside our comfort zones. We get used to performing tasks in a certain...
