Month: July 2012

  • The definition of management

    According to Dilbert. Love the humour, which reminds me of a workplace culture I experienced a previous life or two ago. No trust at all. Mind you, employee behaviours didn’t help. And leadership was dysfunctional, at best. All a virtuous…

  • The 2012 Olympics TV experiences look very good

    Whatever else is going on about the London 2012 Olympics – border control  nightmares at Heathrow, cracks in the M4 motorway, cellular network outages, not enough security staff – it looks like mainstream broadcast media have things well under control…

  • The trouble is, the 2012 Olympic Games start in two weeks…

    O2’s total outage during the past 24 hours has raised questions about the readiness of the UK’s telecoms infrastructure ahead of the London Olympics, according to analyst firm Ovum. “The huge influx of visitors to London ahead of the games…

  • Kick off your PR career with an apprenticeship

    What does “public relations” mean to you? It’s a good question especially when the definition of those two words has been under review this year. The CIPR says PR is about reputation – the result of what you do, what…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #659: July 9, 2012

    Content summary: Third episode of the FIR Book Club with Gini Dietrich is up; FIR Interview with author Eric Bergman is up; coming soon: FIR Interviews with Marcus Nelson, CEO of Addvocate, and Chris Sorek, new Executive Director at IABC;…