Archive for July, 2007
Population falling
Fascinating article in the Economist on demographics and population this week. Happily, according to the article, we aren’t heading for a Malthusian catastrophe (collective sigh of relief). The article goes on to explain:
Mankind appropriates about a quarter of what is known as the net primary production of the Earth (this is the plant [...]
Housekeeping - job alerts removed
For anyone who was avidly addicted to my job alerts column (on the right), I’m afraid I’ve deleted it. The job market for BREEAM is currently at saturation - if you are BREEAM qualified, there are tens, if not hundreds of opportunities listed on other websites. And any exciting opportunities tend to come about by [...]
Business Plans 101
Guy Kawasaki (one of my must reads) has an interview with Tim Berry about Business Plans. It’s a corker and I’d love to quote it all but I’ll stick to a few of my favourites:
On who should read the plan:
…The (busiess) plan is by you and for you and if tracking it, reviewing [...]
Corporate Agility
The guys at The Future of Work have a book coming out soon on Corporate Agility. Much of the stuff in this article is the kind of thing that fascinates me, and part of the reason why I did the MBA - to understand how companies work (or don’t). The book sounds interesting:
In essence [...]
New look, old technology
CIBSE’s website has had a facelift. But still no RSS feeds for the news page or the discussion forum. sigh.
Babtie Jacobs ‘green’ transport!
Among my (many) past employers, I have 2 stints at Babtie, both before Jacobs took over. Reading this in the Times, it could easily be about any of the larger engineering firms in the UK. There seems to be a certain size in a company’s life when common sense fails to prevail over corporate bureaucracy:
It [...]
A familiar tale?
I’ve been reading Aber Environment and Ethics for a while now. He/She (sorry - no idea of the identity behind the author) has what sounds like a sorry tale regarding BREEAM and university buildings here. It’s heartening to find that there are some students who are taking this issue and exposing the story - something those [...]
Bye to David and Ruth, hello to Hazel and Hilary
I’m going to have to change all my rss feeds from TheyWorkForYou.com. Except for Yvette who now has a seat in parliament “when required”, which sounds like when they need someone to point and shout at (or maybe they’re being kind and relieving her of the tedium of having to attend all the time).
The question [...]
