August 2014

Long-term planning. Sounds boring. In a society where instant gratification (or nowism) is the norm, it is hard to define just what period of time people understand as ‘long-term’. To give you some idea, a recent survey examined the viewi…

I am sure many of you have had a similar experience when involved with volunteer committees or not-for-profit boards. The original reason that the committee/board/organisation was created was a very noble and worthwhile cause but in the process of ge…

Add two plus two and, unless your mathematics is particularly poor, you receive an answer of four. It seems simple enough but in the real world, I am a firm believer that you can add two plus two and receive an answer anywhere from zero to ten. This …