The Art of the Business Relationship
So much gets talked about today regarding “relationships” and “relationship building” when it comes down to working with your customers and accounts and project teams. It doesn’t matter if you are in sales, customer service, or managing a large marketing project, building a relationship with individuals takes time, work and effort. You have to have
Read More...VIDEO: Configuring Dashboards in PeopleSoft
In our daily discussions, we often get asked about what’s the best way to get the most dashboard functionality out of PeopleSoft. Dashboards make organizations more efficient, allow the right analytics to be displayed in the right place, and help data turn into actionable information. Plus, they’re far more engaging for the end user. The
Read More...Impressions of Microsoft Office for iPad
Paul Thurrott: As for how powerful these apps are, consider this. I loaded up my 575 page Windows 8.1 Field Guide Word document, and while it took a while to download originally (it’s stored in OneDrive for Business as part of my Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription), the performance reading and editing the document was impressive.
Read More...The Art of Possibility
I was at a client recently. I was hunkered down in their conference room trying to knock out a few emails in between meetings. I noticed a sign that caught my attention. The sign read 10 Rules for Meetings and was clearly posted as some guiding principles for those who use the room. It included a
Read More...What I’d Tell My 20-Year-Old Self
I recently turned 45. While it was a disappointingly ho-hum event (Ryan Seacrest did NOT show up at my house, if you can believe that nonsense), I caught myself wondering what I’d tell my 20-year-old self if I were able to go back and dispense the modicum of “wisdom” (do finger airquotes here) I’ve picked
Read More...How to Manage Impossible Clients
I’ve had this article hanging around my Pinboard (please don’t confuse that with Pinterest, by the way) for a few months now, and it’s time I gave it its due. It’s an excellent piece, as is par for the course with Harvard Business Review’s op-ed content. Here’s HBR’s John Butman, talking about four often-seen “impossible”
Read More...Win an Oracle OpenWorld 2014 Pass!
Here’s Marc Weintraub, writing for PeopleSoft Apps Strategy: A focus area for sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2014 in San Francisco is to highlight customer successes with the latest PeopleSoft release, PeopleSoft 9.2. With PeopleSoft 9.2 available for a year now, more and more customers are upgrading and deploying PeopleSoft 9.2 every day. If you are one of these customers, we
Read More...Oculus VR Joins Facebook. Why?
Earlier this week, Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit to defend the sale of his company to Facebook for $2B. Oculus VR is mainly known for a product called Rift. If you don’t know what Rift is, it’s essentially the most promising next-generation thing for gaming and interactive digital experiences. It’s the virtual
Read More...Don’t Get Lost in the Cloud!
Terms like, the cloud, on-premise,co-existence: these are just but a few of the current strategies that most organizations contend with today in determining how they are going to manage their enterprise applications that run their businesses. It can feel like a daunting task, often equal parts confusing and overwhelming. The truth of the matter is,
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