Giving a Fig about Pudding
In 1644 the British Parliament, in a demonstration of austerity far more severe than anything suggested by the current batch of economists, decreed that Christmas…
Flight of Fancy
The Harriers will be decommissioned in 2011 to be replaced by the Joint Strike Fighter by the end of the decade. Axing the Harrier is set to save £450m over the…
Kung Fu for Business
Whilst we may not be a Jet Li or Bruce Lee, this kind of philosophy as applied to business leadership began to enable us to recognize that what we do as Management…
Paint it Black
For many US families, it's a Thanksgiving tradition as important as turkey stuffing or pumpkin pie: rise before the crack of dawn the morning after the holiday,…
Taking IT to the Limit
According to a survey by networking firm Cisco, 41% of workers break corporate IT policies, saying that "they need restricted programs and applications to get…
Dazed and Confused
In our line of work we use surveys widely – often 360 degree assessments,...
Oh Dear…
Here at Zeitgeist we like to talk about the 'facts of business life' and one of those facts and indeed certainties is our ability to be side-swiped, T-boned or catapulted…
Keith Don’t Go
The aging rocker Keith Richards is currently in the spotlight with the launch of his newly released and perhaps somewhat controversial autobiography. The Rolling…
Values versus Violence
In the traditionally macho country of Mexico the new police chief has many detractors and time will tell if such a radical and non-traditional appointment can be…
The Knowledge
This simple experiment could suggest that as computer software becomes easier to use, making complicated tasks easier, we risk losing the ability to properly learn…
Generation R
“First there was Generation X and Y, now there is Generation R,” Gill Plimmer wrote in The Financial Times: “a term coined to describe frustrated professionals…
Improbable Awards
The Ig Nobel awards are now in their 21st year and here at Zeitgeist we look forward to this whacky awards ceremony every year. The awards are the result of the…