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Category Archives: Improvement, Continuous or Not
Navigating The New Standards of Beauty; Lessons From Victoria’s Secret
The highest-earning salespeople are often the most attractive. It’s a difficult metric to quantify but study after study confirms the relationship between appearance and income. Are attractive people drawn to positions where good looks earn them more money? Perhaps these … Continue reading
Impact Investing… The Next Wave Has Arrived
Impact Investing is a simple idea that is taking the world by storm. How did it become so important, so quickly? Continue reading
ESG… Impact Investors Rank “Good Guy” Companies
What gives and investor the confidence to fund a business? Do you know if business you want to invest in is run by “Good Guys”? Continue reading
Project Manager: The Best New Career For Operation Managers?
I recently read an article by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, “Re-Humanising Work and Organizations Through Projects“. Antonio raises an interesting point. Typical positions in operation have changed. Automation and management systems have taken over. Operations managers once had great latitude and followed their instincts, … Continue reading
Back To The Future… Of Outsourcing!
(Previously Published in Outsourcing Magazine Sept., 30, 2017) To understand the future, it often helps to examine the past. The past may not have all our answers, but we often find useful models that can be repurposed in new ways. … Continue reading
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
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Tagged ai, cloudservices, outsourcing, Robots
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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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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
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Tagged cybersecurity, cyberwar, ransomware, technology
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Everyone is Hacked!
Every UD intelligence agency has told us that the Russians hacked the 2016 Elections. They also say that the Russians DID NOT (successfully?) attack voting machines or the vote itself. Nor has there (yet?) been proof that the … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberwar, email, Politics, technology
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Niccolls AND Dimes 