Disjointed thinking causes UK fuel shortage

Panic and carry on

The recent, self-induced, fuel shortage is a clear example of an emergent system. Although the effects are similar to the UK fuel crisis of 2000, the dynamics are very different. Panic buying is a classic Systems archetype, usually described as The Tragedy of the Commons, whereby the actions of individuals compromise each other and the general whole.

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the impact of technology on working practice

three years on the helter skelter

cleethorpes helter skelter by cubwolf on flickr

Progress on the web has been running at break-neck speed for so long that we have become accustomed to the helter-skelter pace of development and we rarely get the time to look back and reflect on our journey, from where we were to where we are.

Nevertheless, I was recently asked by Brinley Platts to answer an interesting question: How READ MORE