“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...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...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...I recently overheard a conversation at a higher education institution that went something like this: Facilities Mgr.: Good morning, how can I help you? Caller: I need a new bulb for this projector. FM: Sir, what projector? Caller: The projector in my classroom. FM: Okay, where is your classroom? Caller: I’m in the Johnson Building.
Read More...I was doing some research the other day for a customer related to 9.1 features and content. While I am not a PeopleSoft Portal expert, I did gather up some valuable information from PeopleBooks and other sources. I thought some of these requirements may be relevant to our audience. So, the following content outlines some
Read More...At a recent meeting with our sales team, one of our regional directors commented that he receives emails from me at crazy times — late at night, early in the morning, all hours of the day and night. This comment prompted a response from one of the partners that I was “connected 24 x 7″.
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...So what’s been going on? Funny I should ask myself that under the auspices that you’re asking. I know many of you have followed the cat tales that occasionally get posted here, and if you do, you’re familiar with this guy, who is basically a shrunken jungle cat who roams around the house and reminds
Read More...I know it’s Monday. I know. But you have 12 minutes to spare, and I encourage you to spend them watching this talk by Shawn Achor about why we’ve been viewing happiness — and success — completely backwards. Trust me. It’s a great way to start your week. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO
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