Building a Partnering Measurement System

Sitting in Perry’s Los Angeles office was a humbling experience. The mahogany walls, teak boardroom table and leather-bound engineering manuals made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set. But I felt right at home when I walked up to the white board and started doing the math. Marker in hand, I asked Perry a series of questions aimed at quantifying the cost of the delays in the Smith project.

The Chief Marketing Scarecrow

When I was a little boy, my great-grandfather had a scarecrow in his garden. I often wondered if the scarecrow ever really fooled anyone or anything that came near it. According to my great-grandfather, it worked on those creatures that were easily scared, fooled or didn’t know better. Today, I have come to think of certain executive marketing officers in this manner: If they put up a strong front, no one will question what they are doing or why they are doing it.

Security Trends

You set up firewalls, e-mail filtering, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), personal firewalls, Censor Software (both on network and personal level) and they still get in. What I’m referring to are those pesky VBSes, similar worms inhibiting the Windows platform right now and maybe a few real life crackers here and there. For the network administrator, this can be a real problem. Even when he has secured his network with the latest tools and patches, there is still a big chance of his kingdom getting infected, especially if it’s made up of MS Windows machines, and its trusting users.

7 Lessons For Your Life and Business From Wimbledon

There are immense similarities between peak performance in sport, and what it takes to perform well in your life and business. The sports arena offers great opportunities to learn more about playing successfully in life and business. As I watched the recent tennis at Wimbledon it struck me that there were strengths and characteristics in the players that are necessary for us all in order to perform at our absolute best. If you want the best performance, either in your personal life, your career or your business, here are the 7 key things you need and which I observed in the tennis players.

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