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.

Sugar – do we really need to eat less of it?

26 June 2014 by in Lifestyle

The focus of the obesity crisis seems to have turned to sugar. While doctors and nutritionists suggest that we need to cut our sugar intake radically, the food industry continues to defend sugar and say it’s wrong to demonise one food. While obesity probably shouldn’t be blamed on just one nutrient, eating too much sugary …
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What Game of Thrones tells us about corporate inbreeding

25 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Game of Thrones on Business

Incest – it’s not about the sex, says Tim Phillips ‘Alongside kinslaying and the violation of guest right, incest is proscribed by every major religion in Westeros,’ the Game of Thrones Wiki tells us, ‘Children born of incest are deemed abominations.’ Didn’t stop them doing it though. Clearly there’s ‘proscribed by every major religion’ and …
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Is God a futurist?

24 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Codebreaking our future

by Michael Lee, author of Codebreaking our future After reading the title of this blog, you may well be asking two questions: ‘Who is God?’ and ‘What is a futurist?’. Believers in God know in whom they believe, while for those who don’t have religious beliefs, God is more like the Hypothetical One they don’t …
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Are the high salaries of footballers like Luis Suárez justified?

23 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Football Business

By Tsjalle van der Berg, author of Football business Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who you know as Pelé, had the nickname ‘O Rei do Futebol’. He will forever be associated with one particular piece of skill at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. From the halfway line, the Brazilian fired the ball over the Czech …
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Top 10 management models for your business: #2 Multiple stakeholder sustainabilty

18 June 2014 by in 100+ Management Models, Business and finance

by Fons Trompenaars and Piet Hein Coebergh, co-authors of 100+ Management Models. Problem Statement How can I assess the most significant organizational dilemmas resulting from conflicting stakeholder demands and also assess organizational priorities to create sustainable performance? Essence Organizational sustainability is not limited to the fashionable environmental factors such as emissions, green energy, saving scarce resources, …
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What Machiavelli knew and Robb Stark found out: power is greatness

16 June 2014 by in Business and finance, Entertainment, Game of Thrones on Business

Warning: this blog contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 9 I couldn’t watch the Game of Thrones episode featuring the ‘Red Wedding’ on the day it was first broadcast. For 24 hours I couldn’t read the tweets or posts from my friends which went like this: Friend: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??! …
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