I’ll be on vacation for the next week (Sept 6 through 13). Like always, I’ve picked the absolute worst time to go somewhere….we are on our way to North Carolina for the week. I’m hoping the hurricanes stay away! I’ll post some pictures throughout the week and if I can bring myself to think about [...]
Critical Thinking vs Creative Thinking
September 5, 2008 By 7 Comments
I just started reading “Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking” by Tim Hurson. I just started Chapter 3 and have become amazed that I hadn’t thought about the difference between Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking….even though I’ve blogged about the subject in the past (see The Problem(s) with Linear Thinking, Critical Thinking Definitions, [...]
A study on top IT Management Concerns
September 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
According to the Wall Street Journal Business Technology Blog, the Society for Information Management has reportedly released a report on a study conducted with 300 IT Executives. The results aren’t surprising but worth sharing. I looked around the web and couldn’t find details on the research so I’ll have to assume that WSJ did their [...]
Small Giants
September 3, 2008 By 1 Comment
Great Book review site and blog
September 2, 2008 By 3 Comments
Just a quick post to link to an interesting Book review site I found. The Dallas First Friday Book Snyopsis blog is a treasure trove of information and reviews of business books. For those that don’t know, the First Friday Book Synopsis is a networking group focused on reviewing business books and is put on [...]
Knowledge Transfer Between Generations
September 1, 2008 By 3 Comments
Management Issues has a nice post titled “Organizations Ignoring the Transfer of Knowledge” that talks about the lack of planning for the transfer of knowledge between the Baby Boomer and younger generations. An excerpt: A study by U.S research body The Conference Board has found most American, Canadian and European businesses are woefully ill-prepared for [...]
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