New Conditions Call for New Approaches to Forecasting and Planning

It has been more than three years since the global economic crisis battered investors, consumers and businesses alike. While there are signs of stabilization, the environment continues to be full of surprises, as witnessed by the recent battles over the U.S. debt ceiling. The situation in Europe offers little relief, with a series of sovereign debt concerns casting doubt on the fate of the Euro and the ongoing solvency of the European Union’s weaker participants. With slow growth and high levels of employment in the United States, the outlook is for more uncertainty.

Who are the animals of analytics-based enterprise performance management?

Ever notice how the personalities and dispositions of animals often resemble humans? An organization’s pursuit of adopting analytics-based enterprise performance management involves personalities of all types. How are they like the creatures that populate our planet? A blog is recommended to be less than 500 words, but I violate that suggestion for those readers who want some fun ! Here is a zoology of analogous types of employees that you might recognize.

How Do You Get Things Done?

Why is it that so many people can’t get things done? (The key is…the same old organization and prioritization)

Across the board, we’re inundated with information – emails, vmails, RSS feeds we have to get to, Facebook posts we have to “like,” LinkedIn requests we have to respond to.

Not to mention meetings, voice conferences and everything else. So, who has the time to just plain work?

Forget Networking. How to Be a Connector

We all know people like them, people who seem to know everyone. They’re always able to help — or if they can’t, they know someone who can. You meet them for the first time and in 15 minutes, you’re talking with them like you’re childhood friends. They’re successful, smart and funny, with a likable touch of self-deprecation. And they’re interested in everything.