Whilst researching Poland’s recent history for inclusion in my book I discovered that in 2004/5 the Polish Government embarked on a multi million zloty investment into a brand campaign. The idea was to identify a brand which would differentiate Poland from other nations and project its national characteristics attractively and effectively. Pop over to our [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Poland’s Creative Tension
Posted in Poland on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The ugly face of sports
Posted in Observations on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Racism in football within Poland recently hit the headlines after a BBC journalist raised the subject. In fairness this is a subject that my wife is quite passionate about having suffered racial aggression and abuse for many years by loutish ‘football’ game attendees (I can’t call them fans because they are more akin to thugs). [...]
Emotions and our Decision Making
Posted in Observations on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I heard the former head of the Warsaw stock exchange say that 50% of investing decisions are made on pure statistics and 50% are made on emotions. I would expand this theory and say that 90% are made by emotions. This reminds me of a famous investment company founded by 3 Nobel Prize [...]
Polish Energy Gridlock
Posted in Poland, economy, tagged Poland Electricity on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Forgive me if I sound somewhat negative about the state of the Polish Electricity sector (Grid and Power Stations). Over at Polandian I have written about yesterday’s blackout in Szczecin (population 420,000) and a) the need for investment in the energy sector (both grid and stations), b) a sensible clean energy bill and c) privatisation [...]
Poland is not a 3rd world country
Posted in Poland on April 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Courtesy of Google’s news updates I came across a blog post by some ‘volunteer english teacher’ coming to Poland. The post shows the idiotic view that some people have of Poland. Here’s the post:
Saturday, April 5, 2008
After going to the training session today, I had a few questions:
1. I know that some areas in Europe [...]
April Fools Day
Posted in Observations on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Google has established a reputation for silly hoaxes with pages hyping its Google MentalPlex. It once posted openings for its Googlelunaplex office on the moon and introduced a smart-drink called GoogleGulp!
Likewise the British Press, which normally make stories up all the time, but on April Fool’s Day they all fabricate in the name of humour. [...]
Fitness at your desk
Posted in Health - Body on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies doesn’t look like someone who spends much time at a desk, but she has nonetheless devised a desk-based workout for those of us who do.
Still exceptionally fit, she has created a series of videos for The Times of London Web site aimed at boosting fitness for office workers. She [...]
