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Maxwell’s Silver Hammer: Are You Getting Hit Over the Head with the Economy?
Had some fun news today at work regarding some belt tightening… I just wonder if this economy is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Today’s economy is tight, no doubt – but when I talk with consultants and friends across the US – a lot of them are making out like gang-busters in certain niches… But there are [...]
Mergers, Acquisitions, Layoffs – OH MY!
Its Friday @ 4:30 just about the time the giddiness of the weekends starts to sprinkle into the minds of your co-workers, when your desk phone rings. It’s an intra-office call from your manager. You guess he is not calling you to wish you a good weekend nor calling to congratulate you on that deal you finally inked.
7 Lessons a Business Could Learn from a GPS.
I just picked up a Magellan RoadMate 1400. Find out 7 lessons a business could learn from my new GPS.
The Currency of Me!
What do you think of when you think of the term ‘currency’ ? Dictionary.com offers these definitions of currency:
cur·ren·cy [kur-uhn-see, kuhr-] –noun, plural -cies.
1.
something that is used as a medium of exchange; money.
2.
general acceptance; prevalence; vogue.
3.
a time or period during which something is widely accepted and circulated.
4.
the fact or quality of being widely [...]
If Change Were Easy…
At my current employer, I have had the opportunity to build a network connectivity team to complement and merge with the hardware break/fix team. That was a brutal transition, and at a several points I almost didn’t make the cut.
Our culture was resistant, our customers didn’t understand why things were changing, and there wasn’t really a clear [...]
It starts at the top (by Corey Smith)
Change is not easy to implement in an organization. People are resistant to change. Where does change start?
To Archive or No: Ponderings of an e-mail Junky
Let’s be honest here. You are all pack-rats with your e-mail, arent’ you? Folks, if you are reading this you probably have an affinity for technology. And that being the case, you probably spend a good bit of time in e-mail.
What’s on the back of your napkin?
I was meandering around the web, and ran across this really great little site. I have some more investigation to do, but I thought I would share this. It’s called Back of the Napkin, by Dan Roam. There is a great little flash presentation on the site.Â
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I believe that any problem can be solved with [...]
What’s your excuse?
Are you a glass half empty of half full kind of person? Do you seek answers or offer excuses? I can throw a stone and hit someone that is giving excuses instead of solving problems – and I used to be one of them, too.
For whom the bell tolls: IT’s extinction?
In a recent post by Michael Krigsman over at ZDNet, Krigsman asks if IT is becoming extinct (also note the cute url post: (…?p=666). While Michael most definitely has experience within the technology industry, the title is a bit sensationalist and the subject matter seems a bit over-the-top… While I agree many of the yester-year [...]