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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Author Archives: sim
This is how you create advocates
I recently had a great customer service experience from the FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) business that I wanted to share; it illustrates well how to treat customers right and how to have a dramatic, immediate impact on NPS (Net Promoter … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Personal
Tagged advocacy, business, customer service, galvanina, mineral water, net promoter score, NPS
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The unofficial guide to writing EU research grant proposals
For the past several years, I have been involved as an independent expert, commissioned by the European Commission, to evaluate FP7 research proposals. Every time I do this, it entails reading hundreds or even thousands of pages of research proposals … Continue reading
Making (personal) sense of a disintegrating world
A lot of people – usually people who don’t actually know me – think I’m a pessimist. There are some things that even readers of this blog will know I believe in; things like inevitable catastrophic climate change, end of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged climate change, degrowth, peak energy, peak oil, permaculture, predicaments, sustainability, Transition
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Nuclear will not save the day
I am of the opinion that the world is about to face an energy crisis of somewhat epic proportions; even if the most dire impacts of the fossil fuel “peak oil” were to be postponed by rapid ramp-up of oil … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged climate change, electricity, energy, energy crisis, nuclear, peak oil, primary energy
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Don’t call for innovation to save the economy – call on it to save the planet
It has become a common theme in politics and business alike to emphasize the critical role innovation will play in economic growth. Businesses are told to innovate or die, that only through increasingly rapid innovation will they be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Random thoughts
Tagged antifragile, business, economy, end of growth, environment, innovation, resilience
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