Inspiration to learn about yourself

Via this article , I learned about the following 6 reasons to stop charging by the hour: Reason # 1 It undermines your ability to be acquired. Reason # 2 It makes customers hesitate before calling you for advice. Reason # 3 It creates a negative cash flow cycle because you have to know how many hours were worked before sending a bill. Reason # 4 It forces employees to fill out time sheets. Reason # 5 It leaves your customers feeling “nickel and dimed”. Reason # 6 It provides a disincentive for your employees to work quickly and efficiently, ultimately peopling your company with a bloated and slow-moving set of clock watchers. To know more about challenges regarding compensation, have a look at this presentation . 

I was at Starbucks in Zurich the other day. As Starbucks offers free WLAN , which I think is great, I brought a mobile electronic device with me. Sitting at a table at the cosy café enjoying a cup of fine coffee and a delicious piece of fruit bread, I was suddenly asked by a couple of people, whom I had not met before, if I could help them out with an assignment they were doing as part of an education. They had gotten a little stuck with a question. Fortunately, I was actually able to help the 2 people which they expressed their gratitude about. Reflecting on this education experience, I find it quite interesting that education also takes place at other places than in a room in a physical school building. Besides using cafés, try experimenting with the use of other physical places for doing education. Here are some examples: Work places of people, people's homes, various types of shops. By combining a number of different places for doing education with the use of the Internet, f...

Via this posting ,  I came across Dig This , a heavy equipment theme park. Reflecting on the good experience I had a few years back digging dirt using an excavator at Danfoss Universe , I think this type of theme park may have an interesting potential. I think it is a fine way to learn more about, for example, building / constructing things and training hand-eye coordination. What are your thoughts? Source

Customer Experience Improvements

Via this posting , I came across this:

Here's a 3 minute video about an innovative hotel concept in the woods of northern Sweden. 

Power Distance

Via this posting I came across fine inventions that improve your life. I liked, for example, the toothbrush and toothpaste solutions. Which great inventions have you come across lately?