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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Stupid Cancer Show’s Blatant Holiday Ask4Cash Give-Splosion
December 8, 2009
The time has come. You know the drill. End-of-year giving is as American as former Vice Presidential candidates releasing books named after Nissan vehicles. The Earth is still somehow bankrupt and we’re pretty realistic about that. We’re pretty sure that’s not helping this blatantly obvious appeal for cash. Everyone’s broke. Except for those top 1% […]
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Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract Series
December 8, 2009
Series Description: It would be difficult for me to actually provide a number relative to how many times I have referenced the problems associated with what I refer to as an eroding supply based. Over the past few years, and more recently within the pages of this blog or on the virtual airwaves […]
Listen to the PI Window on Business from the Host’s Seat!
December 8, 2009
You know the old saying that you can’t tell the players without a program at a sporting event. For those of you who are interested in following the PI Window on Business Show from the host’s seat, we are happy to provide an advanced copy of the questions that I will be asking my guest(s) […]
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The Convergence of Success: The Alignment of Opportunity, Insight, Means and Action
December 7, 2009
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” (Note: Pasteur’s actual words were “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.”) I doubt that when Louis Pasteur first uttered these words during a Lecture at the University of Lille on December 7th 1854 he had envisioned the interdependent, globally connected world within which we live […]
Shared Services and Outsourcing Network’s The Year in Review and the Year Ahead
December 7, 2009
When I was recently contacted by SSON‘s Jamie Liddell to provide my thoughts on “The Year in Review ” for 2009, as well as “The Year Ahead” in 2010, relating to shared services and outsourcing I must admit that there was no shortage of ideas and reference material. Over the past 12months I have had […]
Why You Will Need a Resilient Workforce in Today’s Economy
December 7, 2009
MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi extended the resilience concept to business continuity initiatives in his 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise. Dr. Sheffi analyzed how disruptions can adversely affect the operations of corporations and how investments in resilience can give a business a competitive advantage over entities not prepared for various contingencies. Business organizations such as the […]
Black Belt Mindset PowerPOD Interview with Host Jim Bouchard Now Available
December 7, 2009
Released today, my interview from the end of November as a guest on Jim Bouchard’s Think Like a Black Belt PowerPOD was released today. As is always the case when I get together with Jim whether having him as a guest on the PI Window on Business Show or working behind the scenes as the […]
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Foreign and Domestic Capital Investment: A Matter of Opportunity Versus Choice
December 4, 2009
This paper addresses an important omission in the venture capital literature by comparing the monitoring behavior of foreign and domestic venture capital firms (VCs). Evidence from 31 VCs in India (84% response) shows foreign VCs were significantly more likely than domestic VCs to be involved at the strategic level while domestic VCs were significantly more […]
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Barbara Walters’ comments regarding Tiger Woods situation worth noting
December 9, 2009
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Yesterday evening I had the opportunity for the first time in quite awhile to watch David Letterman – the benefit of being a streak writer in that I was up at 3:00 AM and therefore caught the west coast telecast. As always Letterman was graciously facetious, especially when talking with Barbara Walters about Sarah Palin […]