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Author Archives: Chris Niccolls
Ready For The New Normal… In Weather?
Sex, politics and the weather. Until someone can figure out which bathroom school kids can use, or until EVERY NIGHT isn’t a new story about dysfunctional politics in Washington… I’ll just talk about something non-controversial. Like the weather. I mean, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Unique Ideas
Tagged climate, flood, hurricane, insurance
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Everyone Into The Cloud!
(Previously published in Outsource Magazine, 9/8/2017) Outsourcers fear that the coming Robot Revolution. Robots and A.I.s will wipe out traditional outsourcing… or so you have been told! The reality is that the technologies behind the Robot Revolution will create the … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Improvement, Continuous or Not, Self Sorting
Tagged ai, cloudservices, outsourcing, Robots
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The Trump Conundrum: American Jobs vs. Good Jobs vs. American Made
Candidate Trump told America that he would bring back, “Good, well-paying jobs, with benefits.” Which is what we want. We don’t just want low paying jobs without time off or health benefits. However, as Trump has learned, just the health … Continue reading
Posted in Common Sense Contracting, Delivering Services, Employment
Tagged employment, outsource, outsourcing
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7 Lessons Ted Cruz Can Learn From Hurricane Harvey
“Super hurricane” Harvey ended just two weeks ago, and the next super hurricane… Irma… is headed straight for Florida. Storm of the Century? We’ve suffered through so many superstorms that have caused multi-billion dollar damage… Katrina ($108 billion), Sandy ($75 … Continue reading
More News About MiFID II
In the 21st century, Wall Street has faced repeated crises, each of which each followed the same pattern. At first, the impending problem is ignored by all except a few experts, in specialty publications. A few months before the problem … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Decision Making, Unique Ideas
Tagged Equity Research, MIFID, MIFIDII, Stocks
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Countdown To Armageddon: MiFID II Arrives!
Change is on the way… BIG change! On January 3rd, 2018, MiFID II takes effect. MiFID was designed to make the global markets more transparent, but one seemingly innocent new rule could blow the markets apart. Starting January 3rd, Equity … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Decision Making, Employment, Improvement, Uncategorized
Tagged Fintech, MiFID II, research, technology, wall street
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The Golden Age Of Outsourcing
At the turn of the 21st century, outsourcing was going full blast, moving from obscurity to mainstream. It quickly improved corporate profits and promised long-term benefits through continuous improvement…at least that’s what was supposed to happen. Now, robots are arriving … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Employment, Improvement, Continuous or Not
Tagged Future, outsourcing, Robot
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A.I. Saves The World!
Robots, Artificial Intelligence, automation. Machines are taking over the world… and it’s about time! Our environment today has far more technology in it than it did a generation or two ago. And tomorrow? You can bet on even more … Continue reading
Posted in Improvement, Improvement, Continuous or Not, Robots, Unique Ideas
Tagged Artificial Intellegence, Automation, Robots
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Zero Work Is Not Zero Happiness
The world is faced with the greatest economic crisis or the greatest opportunity since man was let into Eden. Even before the earliest civilizations, Man has labored. At first, Man fought against nature for food and shelter. Later, people became … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Employment, Unique Ideas
Tagged employment, UBI, unemployment
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National Insecurity On Your Desktop
Corporate IT has an old saying, “Computer users backup their data twice. Once after they buy a computer, and once after their computer crashes.” Let’s face it unless it’s automatic, we don’t do a lot to protect our data. After … Continue reading
Posted in Improvement, Improvement, Continuous or Not, Unique Ideas
Tagged cybersecurity, cyberwar, ransomware, technology
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