It’s common wisdom that a trio of dimensions make up the context of business problems today: people, process, and product or technology. I have a slightly different take: the three are not orthogonal but are, in fact, hierarchical. That is: Great people create great processes which can be implemented by great product/technology. In short, when someone…
Have you ever wondered why meetings with so many people around the table frequently leave you with a feeling that little was actually accomplished? It’s likely because you have one or more of the following four colleagues in the meeting. 1. The Warm Body Sometimes seen as the least harmful, the warm body is the…
It was nearly here in 2000, then again in 2007; the S&P 500 index is once again at a record closing level of 1,565. The next milestone level for it to break will be the intraday high of 1,576 also achieved in 2007. What’s interesting about this level? We have now bounced off of it twice…
Against the Herd 