Web 2.o has finally given the world real interactive content. Has the internet finally grown up? You betcha! If you haven’t gone onto the web in a while, you might not recognize it. This isn’t your fathers internet anymore! Interactive content has begun to hit the masses. With the expanding use and ease of technology [...]

So you’ve lost your job and you’re behind on the mortgage. About to lose your house? No savings left. No credit cards to borrow. Under 59 1/2? How about tapping that 401k or IRA? Well, up to now you’re permitted to, just so long as you pass along 10% to Obama and the Feds in addition to [...]

Forget about “Information Technology”, you can just throw that term out the window. The term used today is “Business Technology” and it’s showing up all over leadership boardrooms. Why? Businesses have begun to rethink just how valuable IT is to their business. Sure, there’s modernization, and that’s just to get institutions off legacy systems. It [...]

In the Cloud….When will Talent Management bump into Social Networking? At issue with the invention of “the cloud” and virtual software solutions holds the main problem: “How do you get one cloud to talk to another cloud?” Software as a Service (or SaaS), is a great idea in it’s most basic form, but it looks [...]

Allbusiness.com had a great post today that had to be shared. Not like  were a bunch of salesmen, but you’ve gotta love when you read something and you know that you should be paying attention. If you’ve ever read books like “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, and “Sell Anything to Anybody”, there’s really [...]

One Sigma, two, three, four, five, and oh six sigma. Reminds me of a joke…”How many leaders does it take to implement a six sigma program?” Answer later. So how do you get in the game if you want to learn more about six sigma? First you have to get educated, then tested, then proven!  [...]

Who am I? Do I have a web identity? Well- did you go and “google your name?” Google your company or club? Try it. See what comes up. It’s not just companies that are struggling today to harness the power of the internet. The technology is fast and furious and it’s difficult to navigate. It’s [...]

Building economic confidence with zero dollars. So the economy is in the tank, unemployment is on the rise, and the federal government is throwing trillions of dollars at the problem all in the hope that it’ll bring back the economy. But what about the consumer? If consumers continue to fear “the potential pink slip”, it [...]

Banks Behaving Badly – Advice for TARP Takers The media has found a new villain during the current economic crisis and they’re becoming the poster children for the economic meltdown. Is the the mortgage defaulter? No. Maybe the Finance Ways & Means Committee. No. The Banking CEO’s – Most definitely! Hey Citi, Band of America, [...]