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Posted by: Jo on: October 7, 2008
Life in the 21st century is a little grim
One of the pleasures of living in the UK is long commutes on overfull trains. I am not talking overcrowding Mumbai-style (aka Bombay) to be sure. But there is a more than 50-50 chance in the UK that I will find myself standing for an hour, or [...]
Posted by: Jo on: July 22, 2008
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Last week, someone kindly took me to see box office hit, Mama Mia. Meryl Streep and others were looking good, singing and dancing on a Greek Island.
I think the show is intended only as light hearted frivolity. It is a celebration, though, of baby boomer culture - bell bottoms, pop, and [...]
Posted by: Jo on: April 20, 2008
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Autumn Day
Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by J. Mullen
Lord: it is time. The summer was great.
Lay your shadows onto the sundials
and let loose the winds upon the fields.
Command the last fruits to be full,
give them yet two more southern days,
urge them to perfection, and chase
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.
Who now has no [...]
Posted by: Jo on: March 27, 2008
The historical influences shaping Gen Y
There is an excellent article on Gen Y from The Office NewB on Brazen Careerist today. And who says Gen Y can’t write! It sums up the influences on Gen Y and shows the potential of their generation.
1. Getting along in an equal world.
2. Taking personal [...]
Posted by: Jo on: February 28, 2008
Yesterday, I was down in London to attend the CIPD meeting on talent management. This is a hot issue.
“The war for talent”
With my recent experience teaching management to 900 predominantly Gen Y students in New Zealand, I wondered what they would make of that expression.
Would you like two employers to go to war to [...]
Posted by: Jo on: February 12, 2008
There was a time that I would have needed an interpreter to understand my title. After three years’ teaching a large management class (+-900 students) on the South Island of New Zealand, I agree with Scott McArthur, Gen Y rocks.
Far from being out-of-it, as young sociologist Maz Hardey at York University attests, mobile [...]
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