Happy Sunday…for those of you in the USA, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Here’s some interesting Sunday reading for ya: Is Knowledge Management at War With Social Media? by Bob Warfield on The Helpstream Blog Corporate Culture Drives Innovation on UPI.com A Note on Systems Integration by Dick Langlois on Organizations and Markets [...]
Black Friday – What a fitting title
November 28, 2008 By 2 Comments
Today (the Friday after Thanksgiving) has been given the name Black Friday…and now it is really fitting. Just ran across a news article about a Wal-Mart worker who died from being trampled to death when opening the store. Apparently the worker was trampled when the shoppers broke down the door to get into the store. [...]
Tuesday Links – Nov 25 2008
November 25, 2008 By 2 Comments
I initially said I was going to post some links every Sunday…but I’m running across some really interesting things out there. So…I’ll be posting Sunday links along with one or two other link posts throughout the week…but…I will not be turning this blog into a link farm. I’m doing this really to share some excellent [...]
Innovation and Outsourcing – Do they go together?
November 24, 2008 By 8 Comments
According to a research report released by The Hackett Group, and reported by Financial Week, they don’t. The Financial Week article, titled “Customers say innovation not part of outsourcers’ services“, describes The Hackett Group’s research. A few excerpts: In a new study, the Hackett Group, a consulting and advisory firm, found that businesses that have [...]
Sunday Links – Nov 23 2008
November 23, 2008 By 1 Comment
A new feature here on the blog…Sunday links. Look for 5 to 10 interesting links every Sunday. The Four Dharmas of Project Management by Bas de Baar – Project Shrink The Jester Speaks the Truth by Jamie Notter – Get Me Jamie Notter Love your Customers. Use Social Media – Fresh Networks Blog Bucking the [...]
Supercapitalism
November 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Supercapitalism, written by Robert Reich, is an amazing book and should be read by every single American citizen. The book is a historical look at American Capitalism and Democracy and how they’ve been intertwined and even how they’ve diverged in recent years. This divergence, Reich argues, is due to Supercapitalism. What does this mean? It [...]
Communication in Project Management
November 17, 2008 By 4 Comments
Steve Neiderhauser posted some excellent commentary in a blog post titled “Persuasion Equation“. In the post, Steve mentions a class he attended that helped with communication skills. In the blog post he writes: In the class I learned language patterns and that people have different thinking modalities: Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic, Gustatory, Olfactory. The training leans [...]
Hiding behind your Role
November 14, 2008 By 1 Comment
Photos from the Fort Worth Zoo
November 11, 2008 By 3 Comments
My wife and I went to the Fort Worth Zoo over the weekend and got some great shots, including this little Lounging Meerkat. Click the picture to view a few more shots from the zoo on my Flickr Photostream. All photos taken with a Canon 40D using a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM [...]
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