Random Features From The Dog House...
The Diamond Invention - Forever Means You Just Can't Sell 'Em
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In spite of ups and downs over decades the price of diamonds has remained essentially stable and under total control of nothing short of a racket. Created and managed by the De Beers cartel, the value of what were once just rocks in the ground has risen to the point where they are now coveted and revered around the world. And once you buy one, well, it's yours - forever! In the February 1982 issue of The Atlantic magazine, noted author Edward Jay Epstein laid out how it all began in a piece entitled: Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? The story is both fascinating and revealing.
A Word To The One Who Pays The Bills
- Written by dogloose
- Category: Gold
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Originally published in the Morphis Blog as advice to the boss who paid the big bucks for new software to run his business... only to be faced with a daunting implementation project to make it all work. Whether you are running a software implementation project, or any project involving people, change, tasks and deadlines, (and that's all of them, right?) the following advice will serve you and your project well.