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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Outcry Over Section 116 Clearance Certificates: Legitimate Barrier for Foreign Investment Firms or Convenient Scapegoat?
December 11, 2009
New York, October 12, 2009 – Just 17 venture capital funds raised $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This level represents the smallest number of venture funds raising money in a single quarter since the third quarter of 1994 when 17 funds […]
Purchase “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds” from Lulu and Save
December 10, 2009
Your Show Will Go live in 5 Seconds will provide you with everything you will need to know to effectively connect with your target audience, and deliver a powerful message whether it be through Internet Radio, Podcasting or even everyday presentations using PowerPoint. “This book is a wonderful gift for anyone who shares the passion […]
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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 […]
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Tiger Feeding Frenzy Reminds Me Of Nixon Quote
December 12, 2009
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As I watched the panoply of media descending on the Tiger Woods story like a Saharan dust storm I was immediately reminded of a quote in which Richard Nixon standing before a picture of John F. Kennedy lamented, “when people look at you they see what they want to be . . . when they […]