By Carole-Ann Matignon on September 30, 2008
– Posted by Carole-Ann I remember the days when BRE (business rules engine) was a hot topic. The analysts tracked the BRE market, customers looked for engine features, vendors were competing against spaghetti code. Back then we were a handful…
Posted in Enterprise Decision Management - a Weblog, General, Management
By Jon Ingham on September 30, 2008
One of Jack Welch’s other competencies is ’seeing around corners’, or being able to predict market changes.
None of our business leaders seem to have performed strongly on this requirement – but then very few people have predicted the financial crisis coming (at least in the extent that it has).
At least David Cameron can, and does, congratulate himself in ignoring calls to offer tax cuts in advance of an election.
And Welch explains that another element of ’seeing around corners’ is the ability to get bipartisan support to make things happen So I give further credit to Cameron for offering to support Gordon Brown (and just wish that George Bush, Hank Paulson and both Republican and Democrat leaders in the US Congress had a bit more of this ability!).
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Posted in Human Resources, Jon Ingham's Strategic HCM (Human Capital Management) | Tagged HCM, hr, human capital management, people management, talent
By Skip Reardon on September 30, 2008
Audio books of the best-selling “Six Disciplines Execution Revolution” and the award-winning “Six Disciplines for Excellence” are now available – exclusively from Six Disciplines Publishing.Each audio book is on 4 CDs, and each are available for U.S. r…
Posted in Be Excellent, Management
By CA on September 30, 2008
So far the financial crisis has centered around mortgages and mortgage backed assets. As the current historical crisis unfolds and gobbles up respected Wall Street investment banks – here is a question to ponder. Will private equity companies be next?
Posted in Finance, General, Small Business Blog
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