A new website aims to get men doing household chores by selling the tasks sexually. EyeHandy.com features instruction videos in which scantily clad women demonstrate the D.I.Y. Instant classics include “How to Remove Grip Tape with Lauren” and “How to Replace a Kitchen Faucet with Mandi.” As well as a video for each task, there […]
So-called ‘horrible bosses’ can impact negatively not only on staff turnover but also companies’ profitability, according to research by recruitment specialist OfficeTeam. Grievances with a line manager, or ‘Horrible Boss Syndrome’, is regularly cited as the main reason for resignation, ahead of salary and promotion demands. Tell-tale signs of a ‘horrible boss’ include yelling at […]
Fifty-eight percent of UK workers believe that offices will be redundant in ten years time as technology further facilitates mobile working. Virgin Media Business commissioned a survey of 1,000 office workers to mark the 10th anniversary of Ricky Gervais’ and Stephen Merchant’s ‘The Office’ which first screened in the UK on 9th July 2001. Technological […]
Designer Ariane Prin’s project, “From Here to Here”, is about localised design, creating “useful products specific to a site from the waste generated there.” Using waste from various departments of the Royal College of Art – sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramics department, etc. – Prin creates a pencil factory that will […]
PowerPoint is very much part of the white-collar workplace vernacular. Yet by overuse it has become a less-than-compelling medium, apt to strike stupefaction in the brains of delegates. Most of us probably don’t see any point in the presentations we are subjected to. It’s even been suggested that PowerPoint harms our ability to think. Step […]
If you want a message to get noticed, what better way of leaving it than on a facsimile of a skull? Chalkboard skulls are now available for about £25 from iamhome at Etsy. The skulls are made from plastic, porcelain and enamel chalkboard paint and come in a range of perky colours including pine green, […]
Republicans in Washington are incandescent with rage over legislation which promotes energy-saving light bulbs. The legislation – signed into law in 2007 by not-so-ecological George Bush – means that energy-guzzling 100-watt fluorescent light bulbs will no longer be available in the US from January 2012. While light bulbs just as bright and more efficient will […]
About a year ago we told you about Smencils®, 100% recycled scented pencils from the USA yet to find a UK retailer. We are now happy to tell you that Smencils are now available in the UK from educational toy manufacturer, Learning Resources®. Nothing evokes memories like smell and if Marcel Proust had tried to […]
Researchers at the University of Northumbria claim to have worked out how to make the perfect cup of tea. The trick, according to the School of Life Sciences team, is to allow the cup to sit for six minutes. This allows the flavours to diffuse and the temperature of the tea to fall to 60°C […]
Designer Kim Su Yeon has come up with a printer which, instead of leaving its mark, removes ink from printed Paper using laser technololgy. Pop in a page-full of martketing "insights" and out pops a white (and probably more insightful) piece of Paper. In such a way, Paper can be reused. Whether or not this […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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