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Linking Opportunities With Results: Getting LinkedIn in 10 Minutes
August 22, 2009
You have undoubtedly heard of the One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, or The Two Minute Networker by Rhonda L Sher. While the emphasis on time highlights the promise of rapid understanding and confident capability, it is the expertise of the author that ultimately delivers the greatest and most enduring value to […]
Today’s Care. Tomorrow’s Cure. (The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation)
August 17, 2009
I can recall reading about Christopher Reeve’s unfortunate accident shortly after it happened, and no longer thinking of him as an actor or a celebrity but instead as someone’s son, husband and father. It made me think of when my own father had passed away, and friends and relatives came from far and wide to […]
Truths People Need To Hear, Dr. Phil about Libby Gill
August 17, 2009
Albert Camus said that we should “live to the point of tears.” Napoleon Hill said “we all come into life with the equivalent of two envelopes: one envelope is marked “Riches” and contains all the material possessions and wealth we could ever desire. The second envelope is marked “Penalties” which contains the penalties we will […]
Oco Leverages Domain Expertise That Takes Business Intelligence Beyond Technological Breakthrough
August 16, 2009
With my first book “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds” scheduled for release on November 2, 2009, one of the more daunting realizations I came to was the fact that there is an innumerable number of titles in what can only be referred to as the infinity of the publishing universe. The advent […]
Managing the Process of Automation: Leveraging Capabilities Without Forfeiting Accountability
August 14, 2009
“It ain’t easy leading a software company these days. Customers are sick of poor quality, inadequate security, old-fashioned business models, and pie-in-the-sky claims for trends like open source. They just want software that works. That was the message coming from customers, industry experts, and even some company executives at the Software 2005 conference last week […]
Upcoming Interview with Acclaimed Author and the “Branding” Force Behind the Launch of the Dr. Phil Show Should Resonate with most Purchasing Professionals
August 12, 2009
On the August 18th segment of the PI Window on Business Show I will be interviewing critically acclaimed author, speaker and entertainment industry veteran Libby Gill regarding her soon to be released book “You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-Taking at Work and in Life.” Recognized as the branding brains behind the launch of […]
Spend Analysis versus Spend Intelligence: More Than a Semantical Difference
August 11, 2009
I believe the phrase “spend intelligence” to be misleading. To me, it sounds like a new take or sub-segment of business intelligence software applications which offer analytics and dashboard capabilities and sit on top of existing systems of record. The problem is that spend visibility and analytics is much more complex, requiring data cleansing, rationalization, […]
Procurement Insights 
August 24, 2009
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