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Farewell to Pipes
I now know an incredible amount about the world of pipes. From clad welds to seam welds, offshore and on, phased array scanning, real time radiography and time of flight defraction (I like to save that one for special occasions). While I realise it’s...
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31-Mar-2011 13:01
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Joanne Hagerty (2010)
The MANY shades of blue.......
It was with an element of sadness that I leave Raleigh, NC and head back to Scotland for many reasons, not least the fantastic people at IBM! The Tar Heel sky blue has been much in evidence both on and off the basketball court- it's the middle of...
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28-Mar-2011 12:27
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Claire MacDonald (2010)
Back in the Burgh!
Wow. It feels like it was just yesterday when I blogged about our first day at Liberty Mutual. Now, in the blink of an eye our time in the U.S. is over and I am back in the Burgh. It was with bittersweet symphony that we packed our things and made for...
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28-Mar-2011 12:11
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Sandrine Sienche (2010)
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Leaving ripples at IBM
My time here at IBM is almost over. Tomorrow I hand back the thinkpad, ID badge and office key. Working in the Hardware Global Supply chain probably would not have been my first choice (if I had been given a choice!), but at the end of three months I...
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24-Mar-2011 19:11
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Rebecca Ewing (2010)
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IBM
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Sword Ciboodle
Social Media and b2b; to be or not to be??
The past three months have been rather busy. In addition to our assigned externship projects, we have also been split into different groups, with team members across different time zones, and given two moreprojects. One of the projects involves Social...
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18-Mar-2011 14:21
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Sandrine Sienche (2010)
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Houston Rodeo - what a show!
Joanne, David and I were fortunate to have the chance to go to the Houston Rodeo last week – what a fantastic show. It is staged in the Reliant Stadium, an indoor arena which seats 71,500 where the Houston Texans, the local NFL team, plays their...
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16-Mar-2011 14:13
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Mark Simmers
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Houston
Everyday a learning day....
I recall coming back from Babson and the USA.... I had learned lots of clever stuff and my head was full of ideas, theories, mind-maps and changes. I guess I thought there was not much room for anything else. I'm off to work in half an hour - www...
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14-Mar-2011 5:24
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Jim Duffy
Finding the market in the gap.
Before embarking on the Saltire Fellowship programme, I had the privilege of working in a team to develop a new beer brand for one of Scotland’s premier breweries. The client brief was clear. We were asked not just to identify a ‘gap in the...
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06-Mar-2011 20:59
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STEVE TIGAR (2010)
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Creating a magical world… within a world – where wishes come true!
After an absolutely fun packed, magical weekend away with our very own Saltire sirens (Bec, Joanne and Sandrine), to the world where dreams come true (Disney World – Orlando, Florida), I couldn’t help but blog about the genius that is Walt...
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03-Mar-2011 14:11
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Amina Nabi (2010)
Entrepreneurial thinking is a state of mind.
Many believe entrepreneurial thinking primarily thrives within an environment built to nurture its very nature. In fact, in the second week of my externship, when introduced to senior management within my unit, one of the managers’ responded with...
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02-Mar-2011 21:38
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Sandrine Sienche (2010)
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Twitter
Hi all... Can anyone tell me how best to use Twitter for our business? My understanding is I blog weekly, update facebook daily and tweet hourly.... Who picks up the tweets? How do i get a following Can I link our facebook and Twitter account?
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02-Mar-2011 12:15
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Jim Duffy
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