No doubt you have noted that I have recently been spending a fair amount of my time discussing the importance of Business Intelligence (BI) to an organization in terms of driving best practice or value decision-making on a real-time, real-world basis. While it is easy to fall into the trap of dismissing BI as semantically-based… [Read more…]
August 31, 2009
Note: Originally published in the PI Window on Business Blog under the heading “If Traditional Media is Dead, Where Does That Leave Social Media’s Current Professionals?” As I continue to contemplate the rapidly developing story regarding the death of traditional media, and the growing urgency for social media to come up with a viable revenue… [Read more…]
August 30, 2009
Newspaper, magazine and broadcast media continue to lose audience and revenues to new forms of content that sprout up daily in digital forms. With a 45-year career in the media industry, Grimes will highlight important industry trends, examine changing business models, and talk about social, environmental and economic impacts of the changing media landscape. from… [Read more…]
August 28, 2009
As you know, it has always been my belief that purchasing professionals are more than the positions they hold in a company. Like CIOs and CFOs, the artificially established historical boundaries associated with functional silos are becoming blurred. This means that the traditional, and in retrospect narrow, definitions of one’s duties are ceding to a more… [Read more…]
August 26, 2009
In today’s interview with bestselling author of 27 books Patrice-Anne Rutledge we discussed in depth her newest project that hit the shelves today in major bookstores throughout the US and Canada. Titled “Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes,” Patrice’s book is the ultimate primer, guide and quite frankly quintessential resource to get you up… [Read more…]
August 26, 2009
I must admit that I have been truly humbled by the early reviews for my new book “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds,” and I would like to extend an invitation to you to read the advanced excerpt and of course share your comments if you are so moved. Here are just a… [Read more…]
August 25, 2009
In a white paper that I had written in 2007 titled “SAP Procurement for Public Sector” I had highlighted how the challenges with failed ERP-centric initiatives extended beyond the public sector to include the private sector. The difference as one senior Colgate-Palmolive executive told me shortly after scrapping a failed program was that “unlike the… [Read more…]
August 25, 2009
W. Clement Stone sold papers as a kid. He became a billionaire by selling insurance door-to-door. He documented what he learned in his great book, The Success System That Never Fails. Picture this – you respond to a knock at your door. You open it to see a young man pointing to a list of… [Read more…]
August 24, 2009
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to talk with several bestselling authors and business leaders on a variety of topics. Some of the most interesting areas upon which these discussions have focused involves issues of leadership, motivation, emotional versus social intelligence. Given the role that movies play in terms of inspiring… [Read more…]
August 24, 2009
Response to the recent Globe & Mail article titled “Canada offers trade promises to U.S. in exchange for Buy American Waiver” has been significant and diverse with some expressing concerns that Canadian businesses “will not be able to compete” with U.S. firms resulting in the “collapse” of domestic companies, and “our tax dollars going to… [Read more…]
Relational Outsourcing Seminar
August 31, 2009
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