Teaching your child to tie his shoes? Is it possible? Yes. Recently, the WSJ ran a story on outsourcing so much in one’s personal life. One company that helps you get things done is GetFriday. You can outsource quite personal tasks such as arranging party details, paying bills, setting up appointments, and so forth. [...]
give them full authority to act. Have a look at the start-up companies listed at StartupSearch. Notice the number of employees in the companies. They are small. Not only this, they are constrained by resources. They are getting things done! Do you want to accomplish something new and amazing? Then shrink. Source: http://startupsearch.org/company/ Technorati tags: [...]
Do you need to be unique? Will it give you a real competitive edge? In my work with various companies, I find some companies who concentrate on unique offerings to clients. Do you really need to be unique to be successful? The answer is “No” if your definition of success does not involve being unique. [...]
Very interesting information from Nick Carr: Pacific Gas & Electric Company last month began paying corporate customers to reduce the number of servers they run. The giant California utility, reports Larry Dignan, is giving companies cash rebates for using virtualization software to consolidate their applications onto fewer servers. The rebates typically amount to between $150 [...]
How do you capture and make available all of the knowledge in an employee’s e-mail? What if that employee leaves? Who has access to the data? Mauro Cardarelli points out an article in CIO Insight about Robert Scoble‘s views on corporate blogging. Scoble happens to be a former Microsoft employee and one of the most [...]