I read an article the other day of reasons to hire people older than yourself. It was written by David Brown, founder and co-CEO of Techstars. He hits the benefits of hiring mature, skilled personnel nicely in his article.
He focuses on the hiring of full time older people. His three points hit the mark but …
Depending on when you read this you may never know, but this blog post is late by a couple of days. So was the last one. The justification, or so I tell myself, was that I am too busy with other obligations to get it done on time.
After saying this to myself, I realized …
When you look at the many rules of business, how do you prioritize which are most important? When you have meetings with staff, managers, suppliers and customers how do you get through the current meeting and to the next meeting? What is the most important rule to use for meetings?
Where do you focus when …
Earlier this month over breakfast I was reading an article in the KW Record called “Renting brains to solve tough problems”. The article originated with a Bloomberg Technologies posting in the Tech stream of their website. The article highlighted Xinova, a company who has pulled together 10,000 inventors all with specialized skills to work …
We’ve all heard of anagrams, words or phrases that when their letters are rearranged form a different word or phrase. The use of anagrams was a big factor in the DaVinci Code and the first Harry Potter book and movie. It is silly to think that the Mona Lisa and Voldemort would be useful …
The software market has changed, particularly in the past few years. I’ve been in the software industry for over 30 years and I’ve witnessed that companies that are buying business software today are now doing much more preparation. They narrow down their options and choose possible short lists of solution providers before vendors even …
A large percentage of my conversations lately with clients has been focusing on how cost reduction can improve performance. This trend peaked my curiosity and I wondered if this is a regional focus or something bigger. So, I began to investigate whether what I am witnessing is being seen by others.
An online Google search …
