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I know I am referring a lot to Inc magazine today, but its good stuff... The last page had a short piece on conflict in the workplace, and a consultant that goes beyond conflict "management" and "resolution" to conflict transformation. Read the full article here. "In...
Security breaches, stolen and lost data, hackers, fraud - all of these are here to stay. Even the most powerful firewalls and anti-virus software, and the most stringent controls, can not keep out the really good (or is that bad) people who have the desire and ability...
Nick Bradbury's Nashville-based company, Bradbury Software, has only one employee - himself. He doesn't have time to help all of his clients and answer their questions. He solved this problem reasonably easy - he got his customers to help each other - for free! In...
Inc magazine is one of the best business mags around. Ostensibly aimed at the small and medium sized business, it is good for anyone in any business. The mag comes out once a month, and really is filled with brilliant stuff. In this latest edition, there is a great...
The discussion around Michael's recent article, The Quality Issue, has generated some really interesting questions around blogging in general. Can a differentiation be made between "business" blogs and "personal" blogs? Is there a case for censorship/regulation in the...
Darren Rowse, author of the extremely popular Problogger site writes an article (which refers to another article!) about the multi-faceted life of a professional blogger. However, I feel the language being spoken in this exchange is representative of that being spoken...
I'm not sure it really means anything, but today (9 August) is the 10th anniversary of the launch of Windows 95. Within 2 months, Microsoft had sold nearly seven million copies of their ground breaking operating system. That was just ten years ago. THEN, the world...
Yesterday, Dixons, one of the UK's top retailers of electronic goods, announced that they would stop selling 35mm film and cameras in their shops. If we didn't know it before, they know it now - its the end of an era for non-digital photography. Just a few months ago,...
You've probably heard of the concept that we're all separated by only six-degrees-of-separation? Scary I know. Especially when you consider who you're separated from by only six degrees (everybody actually) You can thank Stanley Milgram for the discovery. He ran an...
The South Florida Sun Sentinel got me thinking yesterday, with an article on "Disappearing privacy and the generation gap" by Liz Doup (requires free login). In the article, Doup argues that before the Baby Boomers, older generations were quite private about their...
In TomorrowToday.biz's free monthly e-zine, this month, I wrote about "Lessons from the Gamer Generation". Its quite nice to be ahead of the game - The Economist has a similar article as its latest cover edition. Its premium edition content, so here are the...
Once again I have been pulled out of bed by the inspirations of a book that is grabbing me. I've only just begun reading Barbarians at the Gate (buy it at Kalahari.net or Amazon.com) via a recommendation from a corporate advisor regarding a cross-section of what LBO's...
In the past few months, I have sat through some good (and some boring) presentations on the future. I can't remember where all the following came from, so can't attribute them, but here are a few random thoughts to mull over: Yesterday we kept our customers because...
In the emerging world of global economics, our current measurements don't add up - they are designed to measure an outdated system. For example, most trade treaties measure tons at dock, yet ignore the flow of intangibles and intellectual property. Another example is...
Check out Forbes.com's Best of the Web list of Blogs That Matter. From the site - "If Google or Yahoo searches aren't your idea of conquering the Web's vastness in an efficient manner, Best of The Web's directory will deliver the highly relevant results you are...
Recently we had an internal conversation about how (and IF) to manage quality on our blog. I thought you'd like to peek into this issue... Michael asked, "There are still just two words that concern me about blogging ... Quality Control. How do we implement that in an...
I have found a nice keep-it-short-and-simple take on the way an employment contract should be viewed in the Connection economy. Courtesy of Robin Woolley: The crux of ensuring you have the right environment that attracts and retains the right talent involves changing...
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