...upside for responding honestly and completely in her exit interview. As a five-year employee she had to understand the company’s management culture well enough to know nobody would care. And...…
...IS management and golf have a lot in common. To those of you who play the game I need go no further. For the rest, here are some of the...…
First, some set-up: In a free society, three forces offset each other to maintain a balance: Government, business, and community.* Government and business are self-defining. Community encompasses everything from religious...…
...1980. Apple computer dominates the fledgling personal computer market with a 6502 microprocessor, a 40-column screen, and VisiCalc. Accountants flock to this puppy. Why? Because it makes them independent of...…
...pretty much synonymous with a company’s unique selling proposition – its competitive differentiation. Which means it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: another look at KJR’s favorite stalking horse –...…
...Company’s writer, Alan Webber, invented the quote. Webber politely and obliquely disagreed. So either Tom Peters faked faking his data, or Fast Company faked his faking it for him. Reliable...…
...it, and have an accurate bead on why management will never make the repairs. In the case of information security, it’s usually even easier than that: If companies would just:...…
...communications with ourselves, not on ways to improve communications with customers. An extranet is a private network connection between two or more companies built around standard Internet technologies. I’ve recently...…
...Speak: You have to apply common sense to this problem. Translation: You have to think like me. “Common sense” is a popular way to affirm a person’s commitment to an...…
...processors. Microsoft builds personal computer operating systems that run on autonomous desktops. Many of its competitors (Oracle, IBM, Sun) have embraced the notion of a network computer – one that...…