United Breaks Guitars
United Airlines broke Dave Carroll’s guitar, so he wrote a song about it and used YouTube to get his way. In his words: “In the spring of 2008, (my band) Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in […]
Question: Which skill would you like to develop?
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/skill.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere comes a time when you realize that you’ve been working hard in one direction or area and have become quite good at what you do. Generally it happens in the middle of what my husband Helmut calls “die Schuftphase” (when you’re slaving away at full throttle). So you’re […]
When Money Buys Happiness
Do we shop compulsively, and if so, how can we stop? It seems that most of our shopping behavior is in fact quite sensible. Geoffrey Miller’s new book, “Spent: Sex, Evolution and Consumer Behavior” seems to prove that.
The Dragons’ Den: Understanding meetings
Want to understand what is going on in meetings? Watch the Dragon’s Den, that reality show in which young entrepreneurs present their business ideas to experienced investors hoping to convince them to invest their own money. Both the Canadian and the British series contain real jewels. Last year I wrote here about the Patil children […]
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Feeling a bit out of sorts with your job or looking for orientation? That’s a good time to do a questionnaire like MTBI, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. That’s a test HR managers and headhunters love to use. It’s based on C. G. Jung’s analysis of how we make decisions, with its opposite pairs: thinking […]
The origins of acceptance speeches
Armstrong and Miller What I’m doing with this My business English class tonight will get this video and the “Cromagnon English” text below and use it as a scaffold (Gerüst) to give a speech on something they have accomplished with their team. We give thanks to mighty warrior Ug, – Slayer of cave beast – […]
Borrowing money in plain English
Lee Lefever has a really good thing going.
