Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
I was at a networking thing in Newcastle yesterday evening. Somehow, although I’m supposed to be talking Work at these things, the conversation always gets around to cycling. Talking with a small group, I was impressed that two of them actually brought up the subject of cycling without (much) prompting from me.
The first - a […]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Maybe I’m getting old, or it’s just an attempt to buck the system. But I have the urge to get a bike that’s seriously comfortable.
Inspired by sites like Copenhagenize.com (and it’s twin - CopenhagenCycleChic.com), Amsterdamize.com, and even Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery, I’ve started looking at a more traditional, upright type of bike. For […]
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Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Last week was BUSY. The work that I’ve been doing on our house for, oh, the last ten years is nearing completion, and like all good DIY jobs, is ending in a rush. Carpet fitters were coming, and everything needed getting ready.
But work was also pretty busy too. We were running a workshop in Bradford […]
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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Winter is definitely here now.
I had a meeting with a new prospective client in Newcastle yesterday. Generally people are OK about a business consultant who cycles, but some still expect someone wearing a suit & carrying a briefcase - though they seem to be in the minority now. I spoke to my prospect on the […]
Filed under: Business, Cycle, Environment, Newcastle | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
So I’ve got my blog back from Von SmallHaussen, who’s been put back on the train to that London.
I had a great weekend - not as much cycling as I could have done (more on that later), but enough to make my total for the year to date 2,524 miles - just 476 short of […]
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Posted on June 5th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Now, I just love New Things. Especially when they seem designed for my own personal needs.
That’s why I’m relocating this blog to sweat365.com, a blogging site-cum-community forum thing that’s been developed by Zappoman (Mr Brad Hefta-Gaub to the sober-suited buisiness-types that he has to talk to nowadays), Phil Sabin (an (ex?) sober-suited accountant & […]
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Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
One of my biggest heroes is . . .
. . . a little Japanese chap who died in 1990, and was one of the founders of, and leading experts on the Toyota Production System - the TPS.
Shigeo Shingo
He was one of the production engineering geniuses who in post-war Japan reversed a 10:1 productivity gap […]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Karl On Sea
WARNING: UNASHAMED PLUG FOR A FRIEND
I spent a few hours today sitting in on my friend Jan Grieveson’s Hard Knocks School of Business coaching workshops. He’s named after Polish refugees, and grew up off Scotswood Road in the West End of Newcastle. This is still a tough area - Jan’s stories of his experiences […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Karl On Sea
Right now I’m working with a firm to help improve their production output. They’re suffering from the usual problem - too much work in progress (WIP), caused by a production manager who wanted to ‘get ahead’, by manically over-producing at the start of the process flow.
The line manager I’m working with understands this, and has […]
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Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Karl On Sea
I read on the Macworld site about syncing Windows Mobile devices with a Mac. So you can have a smart phone to go with your Mac, and keep the two in step with third party software, like Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, or PocketMac Pro. Of course, there is the whole question about why you’d […]
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