It’s no surprise whatsoever that 2009 has been a challenging year for many businesses, ours included. Everyone has had to adapt, make difficult decisions, and come to the realization that their projections might not come to bear due to circumstances far beyond their control. All you need to do is scan the headlines and quickly
Read More...Excellent essay by Paul Rand about how demanding many solutions to a problem leads to lower quality, waste and confusion. One of the more common problems which tends to create doubt and confusion is caused by the inexperienced and anxious executive who innocently expects, or even demands, to see not one but many solutions to
Read More...Over at Manufacturing Software Advice I found an interesting (and fully interactive) timeline of manufacturing and ERP software. For anyone in the business who wants to have a nicely-summarized origin of their trade – as well as how emerging technologies are changing the market’s plate tectonics – this timeline is an excellent primer. Recommended. Like
Read More...It’s widely known in foodie circles that if you want to get an immediate read on how good a chef is, ask them to make scrambled eggs. It’s a simple dish very prone to subtle missteps by chefs of all calibers, and these missteps – or absence thereof – will be what determines how good
Read More...UPDATE: It seems Microsoft is trying to patent sparklines, so says Edward Tufte himself. See here for further legal discussion. Not as tidy as once thought. Microsoft’s Sam Radakovitz on Excel 2010’s sparkline feature: For Excel 2010 we’ve implemented sparklines, “intense, simple, word-sized graphics”, as their inventor Edward Tufte describes them in his book Beautiful
Read More...Quick update: Oracle has released PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management 9.1. This is the final GA component of the 9.1 family of PeopleSoft applications. If you wish to download it, it is available via Oracle’s E-Delivery portal. To get it, simply search on “My Oracle Support” for “documentation home pages” related to the PeopleSoft
Read More...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
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