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What I'm Reading 7 September

Winning the War for Talent: The Best Companies Use Training. Major takeaway for me - the holistic approach works better. Teach people about the organisation, not just their department.

Pakistan's Privatisation Czar sounds off, here

Supertaskers: How Some People Task-Switch Faster and How You Can Too. 

I've lived in Manila; I've changed my energy savers with LEDs, also. We have to do whathever little we can because it all adds up. "Believing in something with conviction does produce results in the long term. Our battles, small or large, define who we are and what we believe in. And a little win like this will give me the energy to fight many more battles they are worth the cause." Read more.

Want to learn how to write well? 

I am impressed! Talk about [not] putting your money where it shouldn't be in the first place.

Perhaps it's no coincidence that I've been watching re-runs of Knight Rider (the 80s version) on Universal Channel these days. Automobile technology imitating art?

In the Nickelback song, What Are You Waiting For, Chad sings "everybody needs a leap of faith...when are you taking yours?" When are you taking yours?

So, we're not on Amazon, Ebay, and Paypal. "The OECD advises developing countries such as Pakistan, which have immense potential to harness e-commerce but are constrained by the entry barriers, to devise a national e-commerce strategy taking on board all the relevant stakeholders." 

The Internet of way too many things! New York Times

Rising to your level of misery at work! NYT

in something with conviction does produce results in the long term. Our battles, small or large, define who we are and what we believe in. And a little win like this will give me the energy to fight many more battles they are worth the cause. - See more at: http://blogs.adb.org/blog/my-small-victory-energy-efficiency-philippines#sthash.sIkkE7gc.dpuf
Believing in something with conviction does produce results in the long term. Our battles, small or large, define who we are and what we believe in. And a little win like this will give me the energy to fight many more battles they are worth the cause. - See more at: http://blogs.adb.org/blog/my-small-victory-energy-efficiency-philippines#sthash.sIkkE7gc.dpuf
Believing in something with conviction does produce results in the long term. Our battles, small or large, define who we are and what we believe in. And a little win like this will give me the energy to fight many more battles they are worth the cause. - See more at: http://blogs.adb.org/blog/my-small-victory-energy-efficiency-philippines#sthash.sIkkE7gc.dpuf

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