Archive for May, 2006
Ethics, economics and incentives
David Jeffery, at Oikos (an Australian based blog) has managed to articulate something I have been musing on for some time. As luck would have it, I have also just read the first chapter of ‘Freakonomics‘ which examines incentives (I’ll do a proper review of Freakonomics when I finish it). Anyway, David’s argument stems from [...]
Women in Property
Last Friday I attended a networking lunch organised by the Yorkshire branch of WiP. I’ve been a member for some time, but this is the first event I managed to make it to. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m not keen on emphasising gender as a ‘club’ to belong to and I’m against perpetuating [...]
Not alone
Lisa Haneberg has a fantastic rant here about email responsiveness. She puts things much more forcefully then I did here:
“To me, poor responsiveness is a symptom of much greater problems. Perhaps there’s some passive aggressive stuff going on deep in the brain, too. But for many, I think they have learned and GOTTEN AWAY [...]
Sustainable China - In the news
Couple of related pieces catching my eye this past few weeks:
Via Treehugger, AR report on a proposed Zero Energy Tower in Guandong.
Plus the Independent report on the proposed eco-city in Dongtan. And a nice piece of publicity for Arup - they’ve got their PR engines in full swing there.
Dongtan image via SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Sustainable China [...]
Do you use your inbox as a ‘to-do list’?
The number one way to annoy me is to answer your phone when I am trying to have a conversation with you. The almost Pavlovian response to pick up a ringing phone no matter what else is happening drives me to distraction. Turn it off, or let voicemail pick up a message. And show a [...]
How’s that for synergy?
Just as I posted this, I found this post by Scott Berkun. Scott is a blogger and also author of The Art of Project Management. Although the book is primarily aimed at software engineers, there are obvious crossovers into construction engineering and more general management.
His post argues that the PMP qualification is likely just a [...]
Do we need an exam in common sense?
Apparently so. More details are emerging on the register of Low Carbon Consultants:
“The criteria for joining the register will include detailed knowledge of the Building Regulations for energy efficiency requirements in the UK. Entrants to the register will have to undertake an examination. An examination syllabus will be published later in the year and [...]
