The Find: Business author Michael Port offers a parable about a toilet to illustrate how to eliminate waste by integrating "pull" processes with clearly visible cues into your business. The Source: Excerpts from Beyond Booked Solid, by Michael Port, featured on the blog of Tim Ferriss. ...
Friday's Top 5: The Best Office PranksBanana infestationI worked with someone who HATED bananas. He went on vacation for a week, and the Friday before he returned, his coworkers took about 20 bananas and banana peels and strung them from the ceiling over his cube. That whole wing of the...
The hubbub over the iPhone this summer had a lot to do with its sleek, crave-worthy design, but it also had a lot to do with the implications of smart phones for advertising. Local advertising can be a whole lot more local as potential customers search for everything from coffee...
A person's brand - as perceived by the only legitimate judges, the person's customers - is the sum of all their interactions with the company. Every place where a customer can interact with the company is a "Touch point," and that touch point affects how one is perceived. A lousy...
As your baby grows and learns to walk, it's important to prepare your home to keep your toddler safe and injury-free. The U.S. National Library of Medicine suggests how to toddler-proof your home: Use safety devices such as electrical outlet covers, baby gates, window guards, and toilet...
Dear Abby: I love your column. Unfortunately, it appears on the same page as the comics and Sudoku puzzle in our newspaper. Every morning my boyfriend drinks a cup of coffee and then disappears into the bathroom for a good 15 minutes -- even longer on weekends -- with your...
DEAR ABBY: I love your column. Unfortunately, it appears on the same page as the comics and Sudoku puzzle in our newspaper. Every morning my boyfriend drinks a cup of coffee and then disappears into the bathroom for a good 15 minutes -- even longer on weekends -- with your...
CHIHUAHUAS IN TUTUS, Swarovski-studded kitty collars? So last century. When it comes to accessorizing your four-legged diva, we've moved beyond the merely decadent aloe and kiwi pet perfume into the realm of true consumerist silliness. Think nail polish for dogs, toilet-training kits for cats, and celebrity chew toys. Never before...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d836e7/cosmetics_toilet) has announced the addition of the "Cosmetics & Toiletries in China 2008: A Market Analysis" report to their offering. This report reviews characteristics, trends and developments over the 2001 to 2007 period in the cosmetics and toiletries market and industry of...
Scrubbing BubblesR Toilet Gel Survey Reveals that Scouring & Scrubbing Are Not the Only Ways to Keep a Clean Home RACINE, Wis., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The desire for a healthy home or being prepared for unexpected summer guests inspire some to clean around the clock. Learning...
I CAN'T decide which is the worst job in the world this week. Being a customer services rep at Dublin Airport or a toilet cleaner at Oxegen. Both have a common theme - you have to put up with a lot of s...
A BOY aged eight has been suspended from school after threatening another pupil with a tile-cutter. The sharp tool was found in the boy's bag by teachers after a playground squabble with a classmate at Sprites Primary School in Ipswich, Suffolk. Police...
The way we live now What d'you think Boris would call this room? It's not just about his background, but also about his level of deliberate archaism, his Woosterishness, that deliberate buffer-talk that's leapt a generation (Boris sounds very like his father, but a bit more old-...
Each of us throws away, on average, a quarter of a ton of paper every year. Vicki Hill meets a woman on a mission to slash our waste and save the forests First came two great bales of flattened cardboard then a tower of 1,500 catalogues, magazines,...
PROVO, Utah, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- "Who left the toilet seat up (or down -- depending on your gender)?" has been a vocal and/or silent cry of frustration in many households for a long, long time. These battles in the war between the sexes are about to change...
When Mike McLaren, CEO of W2 Energy(PINKSHEETS: WTWO) sees landfills, he doesn't see garbage... he seesopportunity. "Landfills, sewage sludge, it may not be pretty to look at or to smell, butthere is money in them thar hills," says McLaren. "That garbage is full ofhydrogen atoms, carbon atoms. We can turn...
Kimberly-Clark Professional Produces and Posts Winning Contestant's Script at www.aliendroppings.com ROSWELL, Ga., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- They're back!!! Those pesky, potty-obsessed aliens from Kimberly-Clark Professional's otherworldly video contest are appearing once more on a computer screen near you. To view the final installment in their...
Q I HAVE been trying to find an avocado toilet seat and cover - I know it is an outdated colour but I can't afford to change my bathroom. Can you help? - Kathleen Cook, Dover, Kent A ZENA SAYS: You are right, there are no...
Rock Lou Reed's performance of his 1973 album in its entirety shows that some things are better left in the past Lou Reed Royal Albert Hall London Beck Guildhall Southampton The last time I reviewed Lou Reed in this...
MURPHY is pleased to see that even though most people's economy is in the toilet, the good burghers of Horse Racing Ireland are still able to flash the cash. The horsey set are looking for a EUR200million loan - which will not be secured against any...
