Consultant's View Articles
Consultant's View, 2005
Jan 2005
Greatness in a Tough Economy
"Great companies may be lean, but they are never mean.
Sustaining a high level of human energy within an organization requires a noble purpose and fundamental fairness". says Len Berry.
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Feb 2005
Is Your Company Innovative?
To compete on a global scale, we have to be more innovative than our competition.
The question is, "How competitive is our competition?" Very.
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Mar 2005
Do You Really Want That?
Sometimes, buying software is harmful to your business.
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Apr 2005
A sensible idea becomes a management fad when it becomes the answer to any and all problems.
Outsourcing–a valid tool–has become a management fad.
Results are starting to come in from the last few years’ outsourcing. They are not pretty.
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May 2005
Are you sincere in your loyalty program or are you faking it?
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June 2005
Robots:
The great science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, wrote a series of novels where he coined The Three Laws of Robotics.
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August 2005
Look Ahead
Have you been wondering where payment terminals are headed in the future?
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October 2005
40 million Card Numbers Hacked
Jim Settle, former head of the FBI Computer Crime squad, said about all the efforts on computer security... "It won't work, duh!"
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November 2005
Pressure Programming
Long hours, insane meetings, cold pizza, and warm beer. Is this the way things get done in your shop?
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Fleeing Risk
America was built by people who took great risks.
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December 2005
Whack Bang Grunt
Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw.
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Standards?
RSS has more dialects than the Chinese language.
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Happy Holidays
There are many religious holidays around this time of year such as Chrismahanukawanzika.
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