Yearly Archives: 2011

Strategy Alignment and I.T.

Been away from my blog the past few days as I’m heads down packing to leave my corporate apartment for new digs. I had time then to mull over some ideas regarding Business and I.T. strategic alignment. These circled back to ideas I had in the 80s regarding Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and a quoteRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— What is risk tolerance? A.) Risks created by tolerating customer behavior.B.) Willingness to accept varying degrees of risk.C.) Risks created by zero tolerance.D.) Being tolerant if stakeholders are willing toRead… Read more »

Training: Tricks or Treats?

That’s me as Captain Lesgate on my way to a murder. My own. These Questions and Answers lay out in plain and simple, in Cave Man terms, how easy it is to be misunderstood. Not only be misunderstood, but be quite funny in the process–intentional or not. Enjoy. While I suspect this series of jokesRead… Read more »

NIDA’s Cybershoutout about Drug Abuse

NIDA is running a pretty cool program today to shatter myths about Drug Abuse to gear up for next week’s National Drug Facts Week program. Much props to NIDA for a cool prgram – more info below Shoutout To Shatter the Myths About Drug Abuse! Today, I’m giving a shoutout to educate teens about drugRead… Read more »

ARMY HR WORKERS VOTE TO JOIN AFGE

New bargaining unit covers more than 1,400 employees at BRAC-consolidated HR center FORT KNOX, KY – The American Federation of Government Employees is now the exclusive representative for more than 1,400 Army civilian personnel specialists who provide human resources services to soldiers, veterans, retirees and Army families. Employees at the U.S. Army Human Resources CommandRead… Read more »

New Enterprise CIO Forum Blog Talk Radio

In this week’s Blog Talk Radio, Bob Gourley and John Dodge talk about the new avenues of attack in the cyber world. In addition, they hit on the #cloudsecurity tweets of the week on Twitter. Highlights of the re-tweets are an interview with CIA CTO Gus Hunt and some thoughts on moving from a privateRead… Read more »

Initial Enthusiasm and Job Satisfaction

Abstract:The inverse relationship between time on the job and level of satisfaction is driven by the context of organizational decision making. Although Happiness is an inside job to be sure, there are things that can be done to improve organizational bonding and effectiveness. The importance and methods are known. 1) Recognize that the workplace isRead… Read more »

Federal Coach: How to be Happy at Work

Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and one of the world’s leading experts in human potential, has lectured on his research in 48 countries. After more than a decade at Harvard University, Achor founded Good Think Inc. to share this research with organizations worldwide. This interview was conducted by Tom Fox, author of theRead… Read more »

Zombies in Missouri

Instead of running our usual “be safe while hunting” news releases this year, we went with an Invasive Species: Zombies post. So instead of hitting our usual audience, who mostly reads the headline and forgets the article, we tied in with zombies and encouraged hunters to watch out for them this fall. Response has beenRead… Read more »