jeff bezos’ thirst for efficiency, and what it might REALLY deliver

In a recent letter to shareholders Jeff Bezos, he of Amazon, argues that efficiency is important but aimless wandering equally so: Sometimes (often actually) in business, you do know where you’re going, and when you do, you can be efficient. Put in place a plan and execute. In contrast, wandering in business is not efficient … but it’s also not random. It’s guided– by hunch, … Continue reading jeff bezos’ thirst for efficiency, and what it might REALLY deliver

back to the future – or firmly forward to the past?

Britain – perhaps I should say England (I know it a bit better) – is a funny society.  Maybe all human society is thus. I’ve spent quite a few months now, getting to know a fairly resilient, unchanging – maybe ultimately unchangeable – society.  It belongs (for I think that “belong” is the operative word – or, at least, so my intuition leads me to … Continue reading back to the future – or firmly forward to the past?