We are probably all familiar with web, mail or file servers. These are computers with large storage capacity and the role of sharing information across a network, and backing up data, so as to avoid loss.
A server does not do everything. It enables knowledge-sharing across diverse levels of an organisation, without being precious about information. [...]
I recently learned that two of my clients are stopping all capital expenditure (capex) in the new financial year. Others are halting their graduate recruitment initiatives, or simply doing nothing differently, hoping this is all a figment of President Obama’s imagination.
Somewhere, somehow, these fine people have been deceived! They have compromised the core, based on [...]
How do we get to know things?
For most of us, it is through our experience, our research and, in some cases, even through our education. I exclude Divine revelation here, if I may.
How do I know my wife loves me? Evidence based on conversation, action and subjective emotional cues. How do I know that I’m [...]
Are you strategic by intent or neglect?
I find most leaders are too operational to be strategic. They are concerned with issues and challenges that righfully belong in their team-members’ domains.
It is unfortunate that business seldom allows us the privilege of having all our ducks in a row. We find ourselves needing to train someone new, [...]