Alternative letter from the editor
23 Dec 2022The Stone Age didn’t come to an end because we ran out of stones. There are...
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Learning by Training: Is information the primary substance?
16 Dec 2022Information is a word that has never been easy to pin down. In its most...
30 Years Ago: December 1992
1 Dec 2022The December 1992 issue of HCB appeared just prior to the arrival of the...
Reflective letter from the editor
24 Nov 2022December traditionally offers the ideal time to look backwards and assess the...
Learning by Training: Is uncertainty a wicked problem?
15 Nov 2022It is a social or cultural problem that is difficult or impossible to solve for...
Editor’s letter on trade
3 Nov 2022International trade is the bellwether of the global economy; without trade...
30 Years Ago: November 1992
1 Nov 2022If we remember anything about 1992 – other than the Barcelona Olympics,...
NOS: All is vanity…
28 Oct 2022Here on the back page, we stand by the old tenet: ‘Chassez le naturel, il...
Learning by Training: Rumours of war
13 Oct 2022There’s rumours of war Men dying and women crying If you breathe air,...
30 Years Ago: October 1992
3 Oct 2022Leafing through the pages of the October 1992 issue of HCB, one lights upon a...
Anticipatory letter from the editor
29 Sep 2022Autumn has arrived (up here in the northern hemisphere, anyway) after what has...
NOS: Training, training, training…
27 Sep 2022They say that training is the best way of avoiding accidents. Effective...
Learning by training: Sustenance for all
13 Sep 2022Our man-made society has been and currently is in entropy (disorder) because of...
Not otherwise specified: Glow in the dark
2 Sep 2022Students at Randwick Girls High School in Sydney, Australia got an unexpected...
30 Years Ago: September 1992
31 Aug 2022Around thirty years ago there was some serious heavy lifting going on among the...
Tipping point letter from the editor
23 Aug 2022I feel myself fortunate in many ways to have come of age in the 1970s. It was a...
Learning by Training: Product acceptance protocol
22 Aug 2022Imagine that we, as a tank storage terminal, have to store a new product, e.g....
30 Years Ago: August 1992
1 Aug 2022Thirty years ago HCB had a bigger editorial team and a publisher hungry for...
Learning by Training: The Art of War
25 Jul 2022On Linkedin a polemic is ongoing between those who support Ukraine and those...
Editor’s locally sourced letter
20 Jul 2022Is globalisation coming to an end and, if so, how do you feel about it? To...
Not otherwise specified: Play nicely
18 Jul 2022Accidents happen to even the most careful of us. After all, you may consider...