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.

World Cup 2014: will goal-line technology stop injustice in football?

13 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Football Business

By (a currently very happy) Tsjalle van der Berg, author of Football business Right at the beginning of most John Grisham books, a person appears who is confronted with circumstances which completely disrupt his happy life. Sometimes this is mainly bad luck, but often serious injustice is done. And then the person starts to fight the …
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Understanding business finance, lesson 2

11 June 2014 by in Business and finance

Last week we looked at sources of finance. This week we’re taking a look at how the money is used. Where the money is invested The equity and debt come into the company as cash. Managers spend this on, for example, raw materials, labor and expenses in the case of a manufacturer, or mainly on …
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Take a walk on the wild side for the sake of your health

11 June 2014 by in Business and finance

By Kate Cook, author of The Corporate Wellness Bible Exercise doesn’t have to involve sheathing yourself in Lycra and pounding mindlessly to hip-hop backbeats in front of banks of TV screens. In fact, according to The Guardian, a recent report by the Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support discovered that walking for half an hour a …
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Why Game of Thrones is better than PowerPoint

9 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Entertainment, Game of Thrones on Business

If you’ve never watched Game of Thrones, you may be missing out on more than mere entertainment. Maybe it’s because you don’t really like stuff about wizards and orcs. Don’t worry: no wizards or orcs in Game of Thrones. Granted there are a couple of dragons, although they aren’t in it much. But that’s not …
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Everybody’s talking about … Business Ecosystems

6 June 2014 by in Business and finance

We all know what business is and most of us have at least a vague ‘High School Biology’ idea what an ecosystem is but is there any merit in putting them together or is it just another example of a lame metaphor being stretched, pulled, plucked and pinned to make it applicable to business? Where …
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Top 10 management models for your business: #1 The bottom of the pyramid

5 June 2014 by in 100+ Management Models, Business and finance

by Fons Trompenaars and Piet Hein Coebergh, co-authors of 100+ Management Models. How can one create wealth by doing business with the 4 billion people at the bottom of the financial pyramid? Essence In economics, the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) is the largest, but poorest socio-economic group, comprising around 4 billion people who live …
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