'the economy' Category
Will the slow economic slide slip into an avalanche?
The Nurse slept in someone’s garden shed last night, on the outskirts of Barnsley. Wrapping herself in a few dusty grain sacks and making a rudimentary bed from piles of old newspaper, she had a decent night’s sleep for the first time since breaking free from the nuthouse. Even better, some silly bugger had left [...]
New ways to run your business… it’s HR magic!
The Nurse has come across some cool research about getting the right people into the right jobs. Have you ever had a really crap boss? A complete tit? If so, a recent study claims it’s probably because they’ve been promoted above and beyond their capability. OK, they were probably pretty good at their original job. But [...]
What a load of bankers
The Nurse is getting very tired of people moaning because they face spending cuts. And she could cheerfully strangle the world’s bankers in their sleep. Most of us enjoyed the so-called good times, spending money like water and borrowing like bastards. So logically, most of us have to pay for the consequences. Spending deficits this size [...]
General Motors failure ‘Darwinian’?
Adapt and evolve… or die Economics and Darwinism have a lot in common. The Nurse has been keeping a weather eye on General Motors for a few years now – ensconced in clink at Her Majesty’s Pleasure - and she isn’t surprised they’ve gone belly up. Over the past decade GM resisted positive change on a spectacular scale. While many Americans turned to [...]
