June 5, 2018

June 5, 2018 by yorksranter 1 comment

Star ratings can’t leave you to improve

This Left Outside post is getting attention, and it’s good: That brings us to the least obvious, but most damaging effect of rating your waitress. Good management is good. Better management can drive big improvements in productivity. And everyone knows how bad it is to have a bad manager, it can be utterly hellish. In…

June 5, 2018 by yorksranter 5 comments

Coasian Hell: Thameslink

So I was talking about Coasian hell the other day. Here’s a great example. The franchisee of the Great Northern, Thameslink, and Southern railway routes decided to pay its penalty clauses in advance of taking over the franchise. Until September 2018, however bad the trains get, it won’t cost them any more than the £10m…

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