What do Wynonie Harris, Arthur Crudup and Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton have in common? – They all did the hard work but Elvis got the credit (and the royalties). In the 50s, black american rock and blues music was segregated to the R&B charts. These served as...
Averil Leimon gives you one piece of advice to feel happier in life. We hope this will give you a nudge to boost both your career and personal satisfaction.
The way we work is changing, yet our organisations remain the same – for now. If you have followed our recent research or blog you will have noticed two things: The interests of Gen Y and women are converging: both ask us to rethink the nature of work. For example to...
On Thursday we received a couple of plain looking boxes without any content indication. A few minutes later screams all-round: our latest book had finally been published! So on Friday we trotted to London’s National Portrait Gallery for a Champagne Tea celebration....
This week’s smile comes from Frank Zappa’s album cover which he himself borrowed from Roger Price’s Droodles. The message, obviously, is that timing is everything. As the current recession slowly washes away, one of the lagging indicators will be – as usual – the...
Let’s start with the dry stuff: 2.5 million unemployed in the UK, still short of the 3 million hypothetical target. Number of vacancies stagnant. Long term unemployed on the rise. If you subscribe to the theory that employment lags economic recovery by about six...