tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post3705739597055435515..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: March 2020: the month which changed the worldMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-53593941615539461362020-04-02T09:38:46.245+01:002020-04-02T09:38:46.245+01:00We still need to laugh when we can Pete, but you a...We still need to laugh when we can Pete, but you are right, an April Fool's joke would have been inappropriate in this posting. The Bodmin Institute, whose work I normally report on at this time of year, is, of course, now closed for the duration, but there was a very late newsflash, which I reported yesterday on <a href="https://twitter.com/barrywills/status/1245245381425934336" rel="nofollow"> Twitter</a>MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-86788845539884916272020-04-02T02:53:26.297+01:002020-04-02T02:53:26.297+01:00Hope we get more of sch suggestions; may the Manag...Hope we get more of sch suggestions; may the Management Gurus come out with broad guidelines on which sectors need work at work places and those where physical presence is not required. The health and psychological impacts on these modes of work may also come out from different areas of specialisation.<br />Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-12967608777702673362020-04-02T01:46:58.875+01:002020-04-02T01:46:58.875+01:00I always look forward to your April Fools' pos...I always look forward to your April Fools' posts, and just a year ago, if I had read this I would have laughed. But its not a joke, and jokes aren't very funny these days anyway.<br /><br />Hoping everybody stays healthy!Peter Amelunxenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972990323820559046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-89427956939251359972020-04-01T12:44:31.836+01:002020-04-01T12:44:31.836+01:00Hi Ian, good to hear from you. I have been working...Hi Ian, good to hear from you. I have been working from home since I left CSM in 1996, and find it much more productive than an office environment. Until fairly recently Amanda and Jon shared my office, but now they also work from their respective homes, and it is easy to keep in touch via email and WhatsApp, and just trying out Zoom this week.<br /><br />I think more and more people will work from home in the future- so maybe we won't need HS2 after all!<br /><br />Stay in touch.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-27339119349965232882020-04-01T12:33:28.186+01:002020-04-01T12:33:28.186+01:00Hi Barry. Glad to hear that all at MEI are still w...Hi Barry. Glad to hear that all at MEI are still well. Unfortunately, CV-19 has affected some in the UK mining community but the move to working from home will work in the end. I would normally look forward to your April 1st post but this is clearly not the time for such frivolities.<br />I wonder whether an outcome of such a large number of businesses continuing to operate with staff working remotely will lead to a permanent shift towards this arrangement, especially in the consulting sector? Whenever I have proposed such a move as a means to avoid daily commutes into London the reaction has been totally negative but if productivity is not lost (it might even be gained....) then perhaps some companies might rethink.Ian Jacksonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-jackson-801632a/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-83250406732593730542020-04-01T09:37:30.790+01:002020-04-01T09:37:30.790+01:00A brilliant CV-19 parody of a Les Miserable song: ...A brilliant CV-19 parody of a Les Miserable song: https://youtu.be/Nf4XxnL4lPk MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-87226673088395814072020-04-01T09:33:41.238+01:002020-04-01T09:33:41.238+01:00Maybe Indian TV is censored, but from what we see ...Maybe Indian TV is censored, but from what we see on European TV the Indian authorities, particularly the police, have been showing an extraordinary lack of discipline in their brutal treatment of some of the poorer populace. Scenes of poor immigrants being sprayed with disinfectant were particularly disturbing<br />Louis Dubois, Bruges, BelgiumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-9717458903718971492020-04-01T01:27:12.136+01:002020-04-01T01:27:12.136+01:00So well put Bary, laced with positive thoughts.
In...So well put Bary, laced with positive thoughts.<br />In India , though thickly populated with a large number in poverty, listened to our Prime Minister showing extraordinary discipline(with a few dark spots) in this period of crisis. I may use "STERN WARNING" from somewhere instead of "SHUTDOWN"--we may have grown" babies in test tubes" and great strides in sciences and technologies and what not but have to learn some new lessons and hope the world leaders come out with a "sustainable" world.<br />Keep posting these Blogs which will divert our attention from the tragedy alone.<br />WISH WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS SOON AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.com