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Kaizen as a way of work: small improvements, reducing time wastage

  People living in western cultures believe, that if you set big goals, you must try hard to achieve them. Unlike eastern cultures, they have a belief that trying hard means doing drastic changes by taking big quantitative leaps. Japanese attitude represented by Kaizen philosophy resembles more still water or calm wind. At a first...

Our top book picks to help make your business more 21st. century

  There are many articles, blog posts and even books offering expert advice on how to make your business prosper in the tough and extremely competitive business market today, how to stick above the rest, how to be different. We’ve decided to make it a lot easier and chose 4 reads to help transform your...

How an old wooden yacht, one successful business venture and one beloved New Zealand tourist attraction all came together

  Have you ever had a dream of a holiday on board a yacht, just cruising along and leaving your worries behind you? We most definitely have, and especially right now, when the summer holiday season is in full swing. Now imagine if you could do this every single day of your life and you...

Reality vs ideal reality of 9–5 jobs just like yours

      Find out what two people with normal everyday jobs are like in reality and what they would like them to be. Des and his ideal day as After Sales Support at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Auckland, New Zealand “I wake up ten mins early & step out of bed wiggling my toes into...

Ideal day vs the reality of a broadcast radio reporter. Is it what you think it is?

Everyone wants to have an ideal day at work. Just imagine how much fun it would be if everything turned out perfect. If there was no traffic. People responded to emails on time or at all. Turned up to meetings instead of cancelling them. And problems would get solved quickly and efficiently every single day....