by Allen Baird PhD | 23 Sep 13 | ethics, Leadership, news and events, writing
This week I revieved my electoral registration form, as you can see from the picture. I’ll fill it in and send it away because I’m interested in politics and acknowledge its power, while increadibly frustrated as to how it is conducted. So in the spirit of...
by Allen Baird PhD | 05 Nov 12 | business, customer service, ethics
Beware. This Christmas you will be pressurised to purchase local produce. Resist the temptation as you would resist that third helping of Xmas pud. Resist, unless, that is… they provide a product you can’t get anywhere else they provide a product you...
by Dawn Baird | 10 Oct 12 | ethics, social media, social networking
Situated between Experience and Education on your LinkedIn profile, there is a section entitled Skills and Experience, to which you can add words and phrases. Here are the crucial rules. Add only the skills you possess Be honest. Simples. If you want to add to your...
by Allen Baird PhD | 30 Nov 11 | business ethics, entrepreneurship
While listening to a radio debate on Wednesday between Kevin Green and Richard Murphy about lowering the top rate of tax in order to boost the UK economy, I became violently angry. All Green could do was threaten in a fairly limp and vague way that wealth-creators...
by Allen Baird PhD | 06 Dec 10 | business ethics, entrepreneurship
Ireland needs a hero. Like superficial Superman, the recent economic bailout may have saved the day, but it hasn’t solved any deeper problem. I’ve spent the last few weeks working ‘down south’ and its people are angry, worried and at a loss. ...
by Allen Baird PhD | 20 Sep 10 | education, ethics
So you know my view that comics are smart and that animated superhero movies like The Incredibles can be used to teach philosophy. Well it seems I’m in good company. For a change. William Irwin, a philosophy professor at King’s College in Pennsylvania,...
