I spent the Easter weekend down at the Jersey shore in Manasquan with my in-laws. We drive up from DC on Friday then we drive back down Sunday evening. Usually after about the first half hour on the way home I’m the only awake in the car and I’ll throw on a book on tape/mps3.Read… Read more »
I’ve had some things happen the past few day that has made me think about why I wanted to get into the IT business for myself and the type of company I wanted to have; so I thought I’d share. Basically, ten years ago I started wanting to get into work for myself and thinkingRead… Read more »
Start your day off right Before you get started on your work for the day there are a few things you should consider in order to be more productive. By taking these few minutes before you hit the grindstone every day you can organize your thoughts and needs for the day and really make aRead… Read more »
One of the things that we’ve been working on as a company is doing a better job of client side communications like keeping folks informed about what’s new in the marketplace and areas where we have special insights where we might be able to help them improve. Obviously the idea there is to ensure thatRead… Read more »
I’m going to contradict myself today and talk a little bit about the importance of consistency. I know that I’ve had quite a few posts on here talking about the importance of agility and recruiting for people that can be agile. While I think the ability to respond quickly to a change in environment isRead… Read more »
As a lot of you folks know I recently went to the Troux Worldwide Conference. I’m was very excited to get down there. As usual there was a lot of great speakers, a lot to learn, and plenty of other reasons to just be excited about getting down there. It probably were going to beRead… Read more »
I had another great day at the second day of the Troux Worldwide Conference and I’d like to run through some of the highlights. I’m going to try to be a little bit briefer then yesterday so I’m not going to give you a breakdown of all the sessions, just some of the things thatRead… Read more »
Unfortunately due to some travel issues I missed some of the morning sessions at the Troux Worldwide Conference and apparently I missed some absolutely spectacular presentations. They included: “The New Normal” by Peter Hinssen and “The Journey to Business Value” by Bill Cason, but I did get there in time to catch some really goodRead… Read more »
So I recently I upgraded to Windows 8 and while I’m sure that the software is a big improvement over XP, which is what I had on this particular machine, it became a source of much frustration for me. It all started when I ran Microsoft’s compatibility utility to see where I stood with myRead… Read more »
I’ve talked a little bit about this in the past, but I think one of the things employers really value right now is employee flexibility. That seems to be obvious on the surface but I think for a long time people were heavily recruited for very specific skill sets. The idea was that employers wereRead… Read more »