Whatever Happened to Grit? I just finished reading Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, which — let me say this up front — is a book I’d recommend to anyone. It’s a great piece of nonfiction, but more importantly, it got me thinking about something nobody is talking about, but should be. That thing is grit. One thing
Read More...“Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details.” — William Feather Speed or Quality Pick one. One of the lessons a child teaches you is that there is a very real life dichotomy between right and fast. My seven-year-old son thinks mastery equals doing something very quickly, with no hesitation. He doesn’t grasp
Read More...Say you’re a father of a teenage girl. One day, you get the mail and notice a Target coupon book addressed to your daughter, and it’s full of impending-baby supplies: supplements, lotion, diapers, cotton balls. You’re outraged. What is Target trying to do? Encourage another teenage pregnancy? You do what any father would do: you
Read More...Increasingly, social media is becoming a legitimate news/announcement source for brands, projects and other topics. In fact for me — a former diehard RSS junkie — social media and frequently-updated blogs have become the quickest way for me to find breaking news about a given topic. This is something I do by default, sometimes forgetting
Read More...Tim Sackett over at TLNT plainly talks about a difficult topic: why, as a HR professional, you need to champion the ‘must-do’ moves. Must-do moves are the things in your organization that you must own and absolutely see that they get done. And they’re not always comfortable. Sackett talks about the obvious example: I asked
Read More...A quick announcement that hopefully reaches any of you heading out to Alliance 2012 in a few weeks. This is the year’s premier show aimed at higher education public sector and Federal users of Oracle technology. If you fall into either of these camps, you probably know Alliance. If you don’t, check out this year’s
Read More...Can a Consulting Company Have Soul? If most people’s experience is any indication, you’d think such a notion is totally bananas. In a lot of ways, consulting has become a bad word, synonymous with expensive, often mediocre talent, political finger-pointing and projects that might finish on time and within budget, but don’t meet the organization’s
Read More...The answer is yes, yes you do. Who doesn’t? Many folks we talk to don’t know much about creating a modern, fluid, rich website experience with PeopleSoft. In fact, it’s something that, in this day and age of SaaS and web access, doesn’t get more play. And that’s too bad, because with PeopleSoft, Applications Portal
Read More...The Unasked-For, Unawaited ‘Best Of’ Edition Because I am a “writer” (note the apologetic quotes) and use a rather disgustingly dirty keyboard to post words on the Internet’s bloggertubes, I sometimes get asked questions about what I feel is best. What apps, what restaurants, what whatevers. I’m not kidding. Just because I can sit here
Read More...It’s the time of year when everyone who’s implementing a maintenance solution or considering doing so perks up and pays attention. As well they should, because we’re on the cusp of the biggest maintenance show of the year. From March 27-29, MIPRO would like to welcome you to Nashville for the 6th Annual Oracle Maintenance
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