The Infinite Ideas blog

We write on a variety of subjects and often post exclusive ideas by our bestselling authors. We publish a diverse list and our blog reflects this so if you don’t find a post that interests you today check back later in the week and you’ll probably find something that takes your fancy. Happy reading.


What mouldy food can teach us about dating

22 October 2014 by in Lifestyle

Dr Michael Mosley has been at it again and is shaking up what we thought we knew with more diet tips. This week, Dr Mosley tackles mould and the debate about when it is acceptable to keep on eating and when we should just chuck it away. Common sense will tell us that sell-by dates …
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Feminism suffers a setback in Japan

20 October 2014 by in Business and finance, The Diversity Dashboard

We’re all familiar with the British MPs’ expenses scandal, which shocked tax payers, revealing that duck houses were more important uses of our money than improvements to the NHS. Two of Japan’s ministers have stepped down today after it was revealed that they had taken advantage of the claims system. However, this is not merely …
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The rising price of football

15 October 2014 by in Business and finance, Football Business

If you’ve grown up in the UK then you’ll know the passion that we have for our home teams. Football has become the unofficial national sport of this country and fans flock in their thousands to each game, cheering on their teams come rain or shine. This afternoon, Dan Walker and Sarah Brett will discuss …
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Re-energise your relationship – by carrying your wife

13 October 2014 by in Lifestyle

We at Infinite Ideas are all for feminism but we couldn’t help but be amused at the annual wife-carrying contest in Maine. Turns out, we know quite a bit about wife-carrying and no, we’re not talking about Richard’s weekend activities! Steve Shipside’s book, Adventure sports highlights the history of this family-friendly sport: Nordic peoples still clearly …
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If in drought … save water by going in the shower

10 October 2014 by in Lifestyle

We’re in dire straits regarding the environment. For most of us recycling has become second nature, we’re becoming aware of our carbon footprints and some of us have even seriously considered buying a hybrid car. Yet this is still not enough. The youth of today, spared from revolting about the nuclear threat as the children …
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Top 10 management models for your business #10: The blue economy, Gunter Pauli (2010)

8 October 2014 by in 100+ Management Models, Business and finance

by Fons Trompenaars and Piet Hein Coebergh, co-authors of 100+ Management Models. Problem statement How do we turn poverty into development and scarcity into abundance with what we have? Essence Gunter Pauli is an entrepreneur, author and initiator of the Blue Economy. His concept is about stimulating entrepreneurship while setting new and higher standards of sustainability, …
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