The Big Picture Shows a Colourful Future

Jacob, 10 months ago

I must have been about fourteen when I got sick of having my pens stolen out of my schoolbag, and started carrying them around in my top (read: geek) pocket. What started as function quickly evolved to my own version of style, and it didn't take me long to discover the joyful convenience of always having an accessible pen. There wasn't a moment in my waking hours when I didn't have a pen only inches from my hand, ready to sign autographs or, far more likely, correct punctuation in public.Fast forward more than a decade, half of which was spent... Read More

Are You Failing by Doing the Right Thing?

Jacob, 11 months ago

I'm a big fan of the TV show House (that's House M.D. for my US cousins). There was a great line on the show a few weeks ago, surprisingly not directed at the main character, about the difference between "saving patient lives" and "doing the right thing". In other words, sometimes in a hospital the need to ‘do the right thing' comes at the expense of making calculated choices that could save lives.Reading another article today, which we'll get to momentarily, the relationship between this comment and many businesses popped into me head. After all, in a hospital the patients are... Read More