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.

How to deal with problems at work

28 March 2014 by in Business and finance

by Jan Gillett, author of Making your work work Problems crop up every day, but are there universal principles in dealing with them? Chapter 7 of my book, Making your work work, addresses the subject of dealing with problems. The everyday performance revolution is to start with Study, working around the Plan, Do, Study, Act …
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10 tips to achieve restful sleep

12 March 2014 by in Business and finance

by Kate Cook, author of The Corporate Wellness Bible According to the BBC, 25% of the UK population experience problems with their sleep. At work, this can cause problems in terms of alertness (obviously) and knock on issues with stress. One third of people in the UK are classed as insomniacs, which includes those who can’t get …
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Make your work work better with management expert Jan Gillett

11 March 2014 by in Business and finance

Develop a process that puts the customer at its heart and you will find yourself with a business that’s streets ahead of the competition. It may sound simple but as business management expert Jan Gillett points out it is essential that businesses do not get distracted from the big picture – creating a product or …
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My book is with the printer. What can be the quality target?

18 February 2014 by in Business and finance

by Jan Gillett, author of Making your work work After nine months of thought, research, writing and checking, Making your work work is in the hands of the printer – it’s too late to change anything now. In a few weeks several thousand copies will arrive. Readers are likely to have high expectations about the …
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Anne-Marie Cockburn: The journey so far

14 February 2014 by in 5742 Days, Lifestyle

Earlier this week BBC News reported that a seventeen year old boy had admitted to supplying controlled class A drugs at a court hearing. The hearing followed the death of schoolgirl Martha Fernback, who swallowed half a gram of MDMA powder and suffered a cardiac arrest at a lakeside in Oxford last summer. Her mother, …
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A game-changing formula? Jan Gillett holds the key to making your work work

7 February 2014 by in Business and finance

Last month, when process management expert Jan Gillett blogged about his forthcoming book, he noted an absence of non-specific management titles. He found practical books on ‘hero figures, of academic studies, about a single aspect such as leadership or selling, and finance’, but so far nothing has been published for ordinary managers in everyday situations …
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