EB
Apr 11, 2007
I’m back

It seems like an eternity since I've posted something here but its only been three weeks. I've been busy getting settled into a new job...I'm now working

EB
Mar 21, 2007
Buying a new computer

A few things have occurred over the last week that have led me to purchase a new desktop computer....which of course allows me to get all nerdy/geeky and

EB
Mar 15, 2007
Godaddy Customer Service – An Update

If you haven't read the post earlier this week about Godaddy's customer service, you really didn't miss much...other than a rant from me about how bad

EB
Mar 14, 2007
Computer cited for practicing law

This story has been around for a week or so but it was interesting enough (to me at least) to share. The 27B Stroke 6 blog over at Wired.com has an

EB
Mar 13, 2007
Customer Service – GoDaddy Style

I'm not sure if anyone has noticed recently, but my blog (and a few other websites I have on the same server) has been running slowly...so I decided to

EB
Mar 8, 2007
Participative Management

When I first heard of participative management, I thought that it must be some 'new fad' (which isn't true at all) and after reading a few things about

EB
Mar 6, 2007
Improving Customer Service

There are many books, articles and blog posts about improving Customer Service. For example, a Google search for "Improve Customer Service" results in

Jack's Notebook
Mar 1, 2007
Jack's Notebook

Jack's Notebook, written by Gregg Fraley, is a business novel in the same vein as those by Patrick Lencioni and Eli Goldratt. This book uses a fictional

EB
Feb 26, 2007
Firing Customers

Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software had an interesting post on his blog titled "Seven Steps to Remarkable Customer Service". The seven steps aren't anything

EB
Feb 23, 2007
Shadow IT (aka Doing What IT Won’t/Can’t)

Shadow IT has been defined by George Spafford in his article titled The Dangers that Lurk Behind Shadow IT as: ...groups providing information technology

EB
Feb 22, 2007
Webinar on Service-Oriented Project Management

Mindjet is hosting a webinar about Service-Oriented Project Management with Jerry Manas on March 7, 2007. More information is available at the Mindjet

EB
Feb 21, 2007
A good definition of Strategy

This definition is from Rob Millard at the Adventure of Strategy Blog in a recent post. Successful strategy is not about a grand plan. Rather, it is an

EB
Feb 19, 2007
Silence is deadly

Many other bloggers (Hal Macomber for one) have already discussed this report, but I wanted to say a quick word about it as well. The report, from the

EB
Feb 15, 2007
David Maister on Professional Ethics

A great story over on David Maister's Passion, People and Principles blog titled A Case Study In professional Ethics. Its a great story about integrity,

EB
Feb 13, 2007
Learning from Failure

The Slow Leadership blog has an interesting post about "Practicing Conscious Incompetence". What is Conscious Incompetence? In a nutshell, it is the act

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