I’m reading Rick Page’s excellent sales book “Hope is Not a Strategy”. It is full of very good advice for those selling complex technology and/or business process projects. One of the simplest pieces of advice with tremendous payback is to simply ask “why”.
The idea is to be in front of a C-level executive armed with […]
IT people with experience in operations are extremely valuable. Manufacturing Business Technology magazine’s article on how IT is driving deeper in manufacturing plants deals with reasons why this is happening. This quote from HP’s William Haskell alludes to the experience quotient even suggesting that IT hire from manufacturing disciplines:
“Operations needs to give up some control, […]
Barack Obama’s speech challenged all of us to deal with the history of racism. So how do we do that? It is much like we deal with any truth that is painful: talk it out. The feelings that Jeremiah Wright expresses obviously strike a chord with many- who have you spoken with TODAY about why […]
Greenfield plants are increasing around the world. They tend to have the latest technology and their success tends to drive technology changes at older plants. Manufacturing Business Technology magazine’s article on IT going deeper into manufacturing plants reveals these interesting revelations in a quote from IBM’s Dave Petrucci:
“Greenfield plants are being built around the world. […]
Manufacturing Business Technology magazine’s article, “Corporate IT Enters the Plant” brings up several interesting reasons why. One is that of global supply chain strategy and how IT plays a role. A quote from Scott Park, CIO of Volvo Construction Equipment reveals how global supply chain integration drives IT into the plant level:
“It’s part and parcel […]
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Strategy+Business.com dealt with who to include on projects in “The Community Network Solution“. The premise of the article is that choice of participants on a project is crucial. Typically power players are chosen based on rank but they suggest that highly networked people, who are […]
How should you fill positions vacated by baby boomer retirements? Manufacturing Business Technology hits it on the nose as to “why the urgency?” in the answer of Bill Martin, President of Fortune Personnel Consultants of Greensboro:
” “It’s there because people of retirement age typically are in management or technically complex positions. This is particularly the […]
Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) magazine deals with a topic I’ve followed with great interest: baby boomer retirements. My interest is based on my age, 54, and the difficulty I’ve experienced gaining employment of the type I’m used to after year 2000. The need for mature, experienced workers never seemed to impact my situation even though […]
The Clinton-Obama rivalry gives us examples of what works and what doesn’t in terms of communicating to a team. I see Obama as a serious person who is interested in his audience. I see Clinton as more manipulative and prone to ill-timed laughter. Why are these reactions important in terms of how we are viewed […]
The recent Clinton-Obama debates give us an opportunity to study communication styles. I find the behavior inside, vs. outside, the debates interesting in that an attempt is made to look cooperative “for the sake of the party and the nation” when seated next to each other.
What does this seemingly cooperative spirit do in terms of […]
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