Think William Shatner, turkeys, metal, oil and fires. No seriously, think about them, because that’s what’s about to happen. As we ease into Thanksgiving here in the U.S., enjoy this little video to help you along your way. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, everyone. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About
Read More...In our previous video blog, we demonstrated the concepts of how to use PeopleTools 8.5 for improved business intelligence. We showed how to apply navigation collection, embeddable pagelets, XML publisher and related content to your business practices. In this follow up screencast, we demo how to actually use PeopleTools to create an embeddable pagelet and
Read More...Christine Comaford, writing for Forbes: I was a young CEO and I needed answers. Steve Jobs had them. There was only one thing to do. So I sent a FedEx letter. Then I sent another. Then I started calling. Then I sent another FedEx, and called some more. Finally, after 7 FedExs and 12 phone calls,
Read More...I missed this a while back, but Vinnie Mirchandani always has interesting takes. Here’s what he saw when he watched Oracle CEO Larry Ellison give his keynote at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld: Larry Ellison could have been somber – if he knew of his friend Steve Jobs dying he did not let on. He could
Read More...Any smart company knows its success is largely predicated on the retention of its top talent. Get into too much of a brain drain, and your company’s outlook can change in a matter of months. Once A-players start leaving, other A-players take notice and are more likely to leave as well. The easiest way to
Read More...It’s the Big Daddy question: Why did our implementation fail? It causes a room to fall silent and eyes to focus intensely on meeting handouts and coffee cups. In our experience, there are some very key differences between PeopleSoft projects that have been successful and those that have not. Historically, we have been asked to
Read More...A MIPRO colleague and I recently visited a client to conduct a post-project review. The standard procedure of asking our customer how we did on the engagement can be both enjoyable and painful, but it is always productive. This particular post-project review offered praise and critique which we take very seriously and do our best
Read More...Are you familiar with Oracle CFO Central? This is a site designed by Oracle with a focus on the CFO. The website contains white papers, podcasts, testimonials, case studies, solutions, articles, executive interviews. It’s new, and an excellent resource. If you are a CFO, VP of finance, or controller, CFO Central has a great amount
Read More...Today’s post is about mattresses, because they’re the only product that has ruined my brain. When I buy things, I research the everloving juice out of them. I compile so much data on pending purchases that Google sends me a bill for smoking their servers. After any given product I buy, I am capable of
Read More...“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” — Sarah Bernhardt ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
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