Cell Phones: Staying in Touch and Staying Safe
November 11, 2007
As our businesses have become more global and our workforce has become increasingly mobile, cell phones are no longer considered optional tools of the trade in many work environments. Our bosses, customers and co-workers want to get in touch – now!... Read more...
More VizThink ideas
November 11, 2007
I have added some more session ideas for my workshops at VizThink.If you have time I would appreciate it if you would take a look and let me know your thoughts. New ideas are at the top of the post.Thanks! Read More →
Strategic Planning Whitepaper Introduction - Analysis
November 11, 2007
StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to introduce the strategic planning whitepaper: Analysis. This whitepaper outlines and describes the major steps taken to assess the organization’s internal performance and external environment in support... Read more...
Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Hard to Skin?
November 10, 2007
SharePoint Dashboard designers used to struggle quite a bit when using the earlier versions of Microsoft Sharepoint for their projects. While SharePoint offered collaboration and document management functionality quite easily, it was not a simple matter... Read more...
Sparklines in Business Scorecard Manager and PerformancePoint Server Dashboards
November 9, 2007
Dashboard designers, actually information visualization gurus in particular, love the use of sparklines, those little trendlines created by Edward Tufte. But popular dashboarding packages have not caught up with the designer demand for sparkline graphing... Read more...
Hey, we just introduced an Executive Supplemental Disability plan
November 9, 2007
We’re pleased to announce a new addition to the TriNet benefits package: an executive supplemental disability plan offered through our partner, MetLife. The enhancement provides crucial support for high wage executives at TriNet’s customer companies,... Read more...
Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 - Identify the Hidden Drivers (Continued)
November 9, 2007
Simply put, people tend to behave in the manner for which they receive reinforcement. There often exists both documented and undocumented performance drivers that exert unintended pressure on individuals to act in ways counter to achieving the organization’s... Read more...
Situation Awareness and Incident Management Dashboards
November 8, 2007
Dashboard Spy readers are everywhere - even within groups of ex-military. Thanks for these exciting dashboard screenshots from Isreal! Dashboards add a lot of value to Situation Awareness and Incident Management systems. We are now seeing them appear... Read more...
Red Green Yellow Indicator Icons Used at Google
November 7, 2007
A Dashboard Spy reader liberated these little red/green/yellow color icons. He says that they are used by Google for various state indicators. Just thought I’d pass them along. And this is an animated gif with the balls moving around in a “please... Read more...
How to Prewire a Meeting
November 7, 2007
This cast describes a way to prepare for meetings or presentations where you need to persuade. You have a meeting coming up. Not only do you need to make a presentation, you need to make the presentation to your bosses boss. Perhaps you need to present... Read more...
