...article in the local newspaper compared the performance of the National Weather Service, television meteorologists, and a guy who predicts the weather using a combination of Radio Shack gear and...…
...one, so forgive me for piling on): In its chapter on motivation, Leading IT identifies three outstanding ways to demotivate employees: Arrogance, disrespect, and unfairness. When Mayer announced she was...…
...invade and win a new marketplace, the industry responded with timidity rather than entrepreneurship. Which is why Craig, TMP Worldwide, Autotrader.com and their brethren … not newspaper companies … dominate...…
...leftovers in the microwave. Microwave ovens were hugely successful. Convection ovens weren’t. Recognizing why will make you and your teams more successful in rolling out the incipient changes you’re championing....…
...even a thing. It is what it is: For once the Petrases and I agree, although not necessarily for the same reason. Mine: If it isn’t then it isn’t. Or,...…
Politicians tweet. Revolutionaries tweet. Even Tweety Bird tweets. Information technology did that. Back when, newspapers and television competed only indirectly, and not that much. Now, CNN.com and WashingtonPost.com compete for...…
ManagementSpeak: I’ll get back to you after I can access my database. Translation: I’m too lazy to pull out my smartphone and check my cloud. And thanks to this week’s...…
...like IBM’s old IMS product can’t easily handle. That’s one reason … and by the way, the least-interesting reason … I called IMS obsolete in last week’s KJR. I shouldn’t...…
...company succeed. That’s a wonderful role to have. We get involved in everything the company does with an eye to helping the company do it better. That’s a whole lot...…
...be intrinsically complex – a tax-adjusted return-on-investment analysis, for example. Build a subject-based curriculum like the one just outlined. Build your training programs to solve these problems and you’re far...…