The Friday Alternative

This is an archive site for diehard fans of 'The Friday Alternative', Phil Lowe's free fortnightly virtual magazine column which took a sideways look at business and management issues. To read Phil's current series of articles, 'The Leadership Face-to-Facelift, visit www.facetofaceleadership.com. If you're looking for a past Friday Alternative, you'll find it below, in chronological order.

We are all Spin Doctors Now Business Travel and Your Inner Child Cautionary Tales For Managers no.1: Samantha, who would not delegate Self-transformation for pleasure and profit Customer Service, Cybernetics and Authenticity Cautionary Tales no. 2: Jim, who avoided teamwork Say it With a Simile What's in a Name? Invasion of the Techno Freaks The Life-Life Balance City Survival Cautionary Tales no. 3: Julie, who thought outside the box Useful Novelty Learning to be a Grownup Unlocking Your Inner Child For Pleasure and Profit The Art of the Obvious Would You Rather be Educated, Developed, or Trained? The Smuggler and the 'Sickie' Mind Your Language Whose Money Is It Anyway? It's Not What You Know, It's What You're Prepared to Forget And the Meek Shall Develop Long Necks No Pain, No Gain The Grand Random Scheme of Things Consultancy 2: The Heretic Do Nothing This Christmas An MBA in Seven Haikus Why You Can't Be Creative Read 'Em and Weep Questions, Questions Danger: Humans At Work! What Do You Want To Be Now You're Grown Up? To Market, To Market Significant Statistics Be Careful What you wish For Spot The Talent Children At Work How To Not Write A How To Book Resilient - Moi??? Attack of the Killer Casuals Me, Me, Me Mind Your Variables All Work and All Play Where Did All The Money Go? The Fine Art of Participant Stretching Crystal Balls Who's The Cyberdaddy? Share Your Service For Pleasure and Profit It's Complex! It's Useless! It's New! Rocking Leaders Dependence Day The Trouble With Ethics Clarifying Your Personal Values For Pleasure and Profit Harnessing the Power of the Whinge The Disgruntled Employee's Guide to Networking Boring For Britain Aggressive Affection Holiday Reading I'll Be Happy When I Get My Positive Psychology Friendly Bacteria, Hostile Workplace Reframing For Pleasure and profit Writer's Blog The Price of Everything