I was the Director of IT for a smallish ($30-40 Million) software company from 1999-2001. During that time I learned to literally hate the various telecom providers I got to deal with, be it local, national or international. From my perspective nobody did it right, they were all out to screw the customer [...]
In the May 2003 issue of Inc. Magazine, Norm Brodsky writes in The Sales Commission Dilemma:
Over the course of 25 years in business, I’ve developed my own system for handling sales compensation. I’ve also become convinced that the way most companies do it is a recipe for trouble.
I’m referring, of course, to the practice of [...]
My local Home Depot recently added some self check-out lines, which are a very welcome addition for me. I shop there quite a bit (two different trips just today) and for those times I just need a few items being able to check myself out will be a very nice feature, especially if they [...]
Critical to the success of any internal IT project is Executive Sponsorship. But there is another equally important concept and that is Executive Adoption. If you have been part of any failed or successful IT project I think you’ll recognize the importance of both.
Depending on the size and scope of your project and your [...]
Pud has posted some pretty funny internal memos this week:
Visual demonstration of a CLM(Career Limiting Move)
Don’t even bother reading through this entire memo, you’ll get the drift after the first paragraph or two. The guy just goes on and on and on bitching and moaning about this and that, in a memo he has [...]
