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Puck you, Miss! Ice Hockey and Teaching
There’s nothing better than being a learner again to help your teaching. I’ve just started an Intro to Ice Hockey program and the steep learning curve has reminded me what it’s like to be a beginner at something! There was a mix of brilliant and not so brilliant pedagogy. Here are some of the insights…
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Point of difference or Patent?
Marketers seek points of difference to distinguish their products from competitors’ offerings, keep products from reaching maturity/decline and to deliver extra value through augmentations. More cynically, points of difference are a means of creating interest in a tired, mundane product, justifying a price premium or to keep staff busy! Having recently refreshed my Anaphylaxis, it seems…
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Sub-optimisation
I believe it is a compliment to be described as efficient – doing more with less, taking less time, less money, less fuss to do the same thing as someone else. Can it be a negative though? When studying business, I was intrigued by the concept of sub-optimisation, where one part of the process is super…