Affluence and its cost
 The first use of the term “affluence” is attributed to J K Galbraith in his 1958 book “The Affluent Society”, in which he wrote: “In the affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.” Last night I sat down and watched Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” and was mesmerised … Read the Rest
Special New Year offers
Special offers – be careful and remember that the General Dental Council specifically outlaw any financial incentives to patients for treatment or recommendations to others.  The only thing that seems to be waved through is the discount voucher and this is widely used – especially for the simpler cosmetics like tooth whitening.  It’s … Read the Rest
Systems
The Dental Business School has presented a 12-month business coaching programme to over 400 UK practices in the last 9 years.
During that time, one of the greatest insights we have been able to give to our dental principals is the distinction between management and leadership.
I’d like to share with you my … Read the Rest
I must be bored
It’s New Year’s Day 2007 and I must be bored because I’m sitting in my home office training my voice recognition software to understand me for the first time.
And so here is my first dictated blog post. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to use the software going forward to write e-mails, blog … Read the Rest
The New Year – and a birthday
Welcome to 2007. I’ve been reading the various blog posts I collect via Bloglines, with a cup of tea this morning – and it’s understandable that there is a lot of comment about Resolutions. You can read an interesting brief history and explanation of Resolutions here. I have to admit a desire to use this … Read the Rest
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