Ignoring the terrifying fact that it’s Friday the 13th and my yogurt this morning was clearly expired long before its November 26 sell by date (spooky, no?), the Internet had a pretty good week. And by good week I mean I found lots of things that were interesting to me, and in the name of
Read More...One of the most important things that apply in all aspects of life and business is the quality of integrity. While I continue to learn each day the importance of integrity and how to both teach and share the importance of integrity, nothing can be more rewarding than when a customer defends your integrity. So
Read More...“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” — James Cameron, director of Terminator and Titanic, excerpted from The New Yorker
Read More...As any HR pro has learned from the past 18 months, sweeping changes in the economy create changes in recruiting concerns. Chief among these is the misperception that talent is easier to find now because of a saturated, supply-side market. That is correct, but it’s also largely irrelevant when it comes to smart recruiting. Getting
Read More...Since we announced our fixed-fee PeopleTools 8.5 upgrade service, we’ve had a lot of interest and inquiries about not only how our service works, but what, exactly, PeopleTools 8.5 gives you. We’ve covered that here and here, but recently Oracle announced an additional benefit of licensing PeopleTools 8.5, and we’re finding it’s something many prospects
Read More...Following in the wake of last week’s news that Steve Jobs won Fortune’s CEO of the Decade, Fortune ran an ancillary feature in which 8 business megastars talk about Steve Jobs. I particularly like Larry Ellison’s anecdote: I remember when Steve was my neighbor in Woodside, Calif., and he had no furniture. It struck me
Read More...I have parsed every single page on the Internet this week and distilled the highlights, which means you don’t have to, because it takes a very long time. I selflessly bring this feature to this blog every Friday, primarily out of social altruism, but also because it gives me a legitimate reason to scour weird,
Read More...We have posted multiple posts on the new PeopleTools 8.5 release (here’s our most popular; here’s our shameless plug), in addition to several posts on the value of Oracle OBIEE and BI apps. However, today’s post will talk about PeopleTools 8.5: for customers who have both PeopleSoft and Oracle OBIEE, there is some additional value
Read More...Two bits of exciting news to share with everyone today. First, we’ve won SE Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For for the fourth year in a row. We’re excited about that, because no matter what we do or why we do it, it’s not worth it if the work experience (and, by
Read More...Paul Graham went back and asked the founders of all the startups he’s funded about what surprised them about starting a startup. In other words, what did they wish they knew going in that they do now? The list is intriguing. Here are the biggest: Be careful with cofounders. Startups take over your life. It’s
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