But first, a story about a cat. I grew up with four cats, which I cleverly named in matching pairs: Sugar, Spice, Thunder and Lightning. Back then, when I was nine years old, this with the national criteria for genius and the most reliable harbinger for future success (that and creating small musical instruments out
Read More...(Ed. Note: Lenore S. Litwin is MIPRO’s Human Resources Director.) It’s almost that time again at many companies, and it’s the time that most HR people dread. No, it’s not open enrollment, but rather performance review season. What was probably a good idea at one time has morphed into a process that is hated and
Read More...Excellent insight into the rarified air of Oracle’s executive management culture, particularly as it relates to a limelight-shunning powerhouse, Safra Catz: Thirty executives had gathered in a conference room on the 11th floor of Oracle’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., to discuss business alliances. Ellison, as is his wont, fidgeted in his seat and grew
Read More...Outstanding article from CFO.com about the view of the recession through the eyes of Earl Fry, Informatica’s finance chief: But one lesson that applies to any downturn is that you have to plan for it. Things are never as good as they seem in an upturn, and if you think about it that way, then
Read More...I love what Oracle has to say – and the attitude with which it says it — to Sun Microsystems customers in a recent print ad. This was placed on the front page of the European edition of The Wall Street Journal. The only oddity is that there is no mention of MySQL’s future, which
Read More...In the video below, This American Life’s Ira Glass talks about the value of perseverance in any creative endeavor. The progression he describes is what all content creators experience, barring freakish outliers. What first gets you into the creative game is your taste, which leads you to the art of creating. But when you first
Read More...Successes are more informative than failures. If you succeed, everything has gone right, so there’s a lot more information in successes than failures. The brain probably evolved to take advantage of successes because there’s more information there. —Earl K. Miller, professor of neuroscience at MIT, in “We Learn More From Success, Not Failure” Two sides
Read More...Here’s a little something that nicely striates the nerd/geek/dork/dweeb population into something of a hierarchy. Everyone should be gunning for geek, yes? (Via Chris)
Read More...I’m out of town this week without much of a consistent Internet connection, and I haven’t had any time to scour the web for the usual bits of greatness that I usually do. So, in sneaking bits here and there between obligations, here are some things you should click on. Really. Do it for my
Read More...Couldn’t resist sharing this. (Via Larry Zagata)
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