Is it already too late to start an air conditioning business

Is it already too late to start an air conditioning business?

Here in the UK, we’ve had record-breaking temperatures every day this week. Yesterday, the mercury got to 37.3 degrees. We all wish we had air conditioning. Indeed, in the space of a few days, air conditioning sales in the UK have rocketed. That’s not surprising, because air conditioning remains far …

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Soft skills graph

Has the knowledge economy made your expertise obsolete?

The other day, I was listening to the radio when one of the guests was a senior executive at LinkedIn. Although I knew the importance of this social network in recruitment, I hadn’t quite realised how vital it has become. In terms of recruitment, it is beating other sites that …

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Looking into the future

How far into the future can you see with clarity?

Last night I was driving home from work when I became rather annoyed by the driver of the car behind me. He (it must have been a bloke) was right up my rear end, clearly wanting to get past. I was in the outside lane of the dual carriageway, passing …

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Could you learn to trust artificial intelligence?

Last night, along with half the adults in the UK, I was glued to my TV set to devour the last episode of “The Traitors”. If you haven’t watched this series, you won’t understand the gripping nature of watching 22 people try to work out who to trust. Spoiler alert …

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Internet ends

What will you do when the Internet ends?

I know, you think I’ve gone bonkers. “When the internet ends?” What is he talking about, you are asking yourself. It’s a question I posed to students who have only ever known the Internet. I explained that if the Internet ended, I still have a typewriter in the loft, so …

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Fortuneteller

Can you predict your future?

On Friday morning I was listening to a radio phone-in when the presenter said, “Please, no more calls about a Brexit deal…!” He then went on to say “We have no way of knowing what will or won’t be decided. There are a bunch of people locked in a room …

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diary cows

What can YOU connect to the Internet?

This might come as a surprise, but there are a bunch of “Essex Girls” attached to the Internet via a special necklace. I kid you not. They are not, however, white-stiletto-wearing teenagers. Instead they are a herd of cows on an Essex farm. Around their necks they have a device …

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