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Newsletter 7 : 21 october 2008

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Song of the week

Ridiculously joyful, retro song by 24-person pop group, The polyphonic spree.

Book of the week

Step away from the crayons:  Building a strong B2B brand
Alan Bright and Phil Parr

This book can be applied to the entirety of any business, as well as its brand(s).  It should get anyone thinking profitably about their business.

Joke of the week

The other day I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me “Can you give me a lift?”
So, I said “Sure, you look great, the world’s your oyster, go for it.'”
I thank you.

Thoughts of the week

Work is love made visible
Khalil Gibran, The prophet

Love is time and space measured by the heart
Marcel Proust, In search of lost time

Website of the week

“The collection and arrangement of objects, primarily either natural or weathered by natural forces, for poetic effect.”  No thinking required, just experience it.

Puzzle of the week

You’ve got an 8×8 chessboard and some dominoes, each of which fits nicely on two squares of the chessboard. You can easily tile the entire chessboard with these dominoes. Now remove two squares, one in one corner and the other diagonally opposite. You’re left with 62 squares. Can you tile this with the dominoes? If so, show how. If not, prove why not.  Answer below.

Emotional intelligence for children

Watch the 15 minute video at www.vision-works.net

Contributions always gratefully received.

If you have been, thank you for reading this
Kay and Jeremy

emotional intelligence at work

associates  Jeremy Marchant, Kay McMahon

Compiled by Jeremy Marchant . added 27 march 2015 . image:  screen grab

Answer of the week 

Prior to mutilating the chessboard, you can fit 32 dominoes on it – each domino has to occupy one white and one black square.  The diagonally opposite corners of the board are the same colour, so removing them leaves 32 squares of one colour and 30 of the other.  However many dominoes you place on the board, each has to occupy one white and one black square, so it’s impossible to cover all the squares.