Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Problem With Doing It the Old-Fashioned Way

“Working 9 to 5. What a way to make a livin.” If a filmmaker were to pay homage to the movie today, what would that look like? Does the Starbuck’s barista accidentally poison Mr. Hart’s coffee? Would Judy, Violet, and Doralee text each other with updates to their plan? Several problems can arise when we start to analyze and plan for technology in our business. The typical first problem is that we are emotionally tied to our current routine. You like it. It works. You don’t like change. “The Old-Fashioned Way” can easily turn into “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Some independent thought and analysis may reveal a better way. Could the process work better? Could we be more efficient? Could new technology play a role in these improvements? Technology changes so fast that every leader needs to evaluate business processes routinely to unearth the next productivity enhancement. Where would you start? How would you start? I try to start by stopping. I try my best to stop and listen. Therefore I am going to take my own advice and stop for now. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Look for more on this topic soon as we discuss something we all want…making work-life easier.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Ebay, Skype, VoIP News

Ebay sold Skype today, although kept a minority stake. A Skype vulnerability was discovered Monday. It is not a widespread danger... however, just a reminder to be careful. There are a lot of flavors of VoIP available, call us if you are concerned about which direction to go.

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