...with much of it more sophisticated in construction as well, MBE detection is a critical CIO survival skill. In developing your own MBE detector, you can’t include your presumed ability...…
...and energy in its interior. I’m not one of them. Most of us, though, have more than enough mental horsepower to understand how our IT organizations work, and how they...…
...over-and-over again in this space, in Leading IT: <Still> the Toughest Job in the World (under the headline “hire people, not resumes”), and by Nick on www.asktheheadhunter.com. The first: Employees...…
...volume, you only have one choice. And Microsoft won this one in a fair fight, by betting on Windows when WordPerfect bet on OS/2 and Lotus bet on its lawyers....…
...everyone feels comfortable that it will wait until tomorrow, you’re running a complacent organization. That doesn’t, by the way, mean you should hope for the obverse. If everyone works late...…
...persuasion isn’t possible … when others simply won’t adopt the course of action you’ve decided is the right one … you can still influence them. The difference between persuasion and...…
...plaque that read “Be careful what you measure. You’ll get it.” (It’s from one of your columns on metrics — credit where it’s due.) My successor went even further. He...…
...which means they help clean up nasty stuff inside you. According to the ACRI’s research, the flavonoids in cocoa and chocolate are more potent than those in red wine, and...…
Okay, I admit it. It was deliberate. In last week’s column, in addition to misspelling bric-a-brac and messing up the barrels-to-pints conversation factor (it should have been 336 pints per...…
...menu choices, radio buttons, and combo boxes. In the latter you explain the new business process, how it’s different from what they’re accustomed to, and how they’re supposed to perform...…