The PHX desk organiser is a slick antidote to ugly, cheap-looking or ‘novelty’ desk tidies. Designed by Chadwick Parker and Joe Huang, this organiser looks smart and minimal but is ultrafunctional. The aluminium body is heavy and won’t be jostled about as you put things in and take things out. A couple of parallel diagonal […]
Shawn Vincent has compiled a list of Medieval city occupations. Along with bailiffs, catchpoles, reeves, crossbowmen, silk-snatchers, apothecaries and bear-wards, you’ll find stationers. ‘Stationers’ were vendors of books and writing equipment, such as quills and parchment. A stationer might also have offered a copying service, transcribing for a fee. ‘Stationery’ and ‘stationary’ share a similar […]
Retronaut has reproduced a 1940s/1950s pamphlet by Bell System on business telephone usage and etiquette. Don’t forget… “Visualize the person you call” “Say ‘Thank You’, ‘You’re Welcome’” “Be attentive” “Use the customer’s name” “Greet the caller pleasantly” “Leave word where you’re going” * * * Office machines
Toilets have been hitting the international news recently. In Mumbai, a man was killed last month for taking too long to use a public toilet. Simon Lingeree, 26, was using the shared toilet of his chawl – an tenement block, usually with shared facilities – while a neighbour was waiting outside. When Lingeree emerged, the […]
A Swedish man was taken aback when he pulled out a mouse from a cash machine. Gholam Hafezi was visiting his daughter in Ersboda, Umeå. Outside a Coop Forum supermarket, he tried to take out 700 Kronor from an ATM. “I got my 700 kronor but I never got the receipt. At the same time, […]
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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