I’m on a list … and that’s a good thing!

Jurgen Appelo over at Noop.nl has release his list of the Top 150 Management & Leadership Blogs….and I’m on it.  As the kids say…Woot! (I think they say that…maybe not). I’m listed at #56 (wow…not bad for little ol’ me). There are some amazing blogs and people on this list.  The top blogsare people that [...]

Would you be missed? Would I?

What would happen if you stopped everything you do online? What if you stopped: Blogging Tweeting Facebooking (is that a word?) Linking Commenting Interacting What would happen?  Would anyone miss you? Would your clients?  Your Community? If the answer is ‘yes’…do you know that for sure? If the answer is ‘no’, what can you do [...]

A milestone – 3 years old (not 4 like I thought!)

Update – My original post was titled “A milestone – 4 years old”. Apparently I can’t count   I started the blog in 2006 so it’s my blog’s THIRD birthday! I started this blog on July 14, 2006 with a blog post titled “The Strategic Use of Human Resources“. My first post was an excerpt [...]

Time for a Mid Year Review

2009 is half over and its been a pretty good year so far. What’s transpired this year? In February, I put my consulting practice on hold to join the Boy Scouts of America full time after working with them for 1.5 years as a consultant.  Previous to starting full-time, I’d been leading the Sitecore Content [...]

These folks aren’t boring

OK…now that I’ve riled up “America’s Greatest Marketer” by calling him Boring, how about I show some love for some folks who are saying some great things right now. Check out some of these Blogs for great content: Amber Naslund – Always writes quality stuff that makes me think. Chris Brogan – Nuff said.  The [...]

Most Commented Articles for 2008

I recently installed IntenseDebate on my blog and started playing around with the tools available to me.  I noticed that I can easily stats of posts and comments…something I hadn’t really looked at before. What are my most commented posts from 2008?  See below. Blu Domain: Poor Service Defined – 54 comments Better to be [...]

Blog Updates – Theme Change & IntenseDebate

Its that time of year again.  No…not the holidays.  It’s time for me to change my blog around again I’ve changed the theme to the Contender Theme and added IntenseDebate to handle comments. Let me know if you see any issues with the blog and commenting system.

The Cost of Bad Data

Mike Sebastian, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at SourceCheck….and a great guy to boot, has recently had an article published on InsideARM titled “The Cost of Dirty Data to Accounts Receivable Managers“. I met Mike for a Coke recently and the conversation turned to bad data and what it costs organizations annually.  He told me about [...]

Tyler Durden on Innovation

Do you know who Tyler Durden is? (hint: Brad Pitt played him in Fight Club). Lateral Action posted Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation recently (hat tip to Ma.tt).  Surprisingly, they make a lot of sense. If I had to pick a favorite, it’d be: Sticking feathers up your butt doesn’t make you a chicken. [...]

In a downturn, people are vital

Management Issues had an article on Sept 25 titled “Looking after talent is vital in a downturn” that gave me hope when I saw the title. The article discusses results of a survey Personnel Decisions International that shows that organizations are starting to realize that people are key…especially during hard times. The article says: Despite [...]