Perhaps this question is a bit premature considering the World Cup is just getting underway in Brazil. Every indication, if you believe the daily press, is that the event is a disaster in the making. In this article “As Brazil Barrels Toward World Cup, Brazilians Aren’t Feeling It” there appears to be one BUT, the World Cup will happen despite the bad taste it has left in the mouths of Brazilians.
And no, I’m not about to go on a sexist rant and label myself a misogynist…quite the opposite in fact. Here is the conundrum – more people die in hurricanes with female names. There are a number of explanations for this: God is a female and when she…
Just about every functional organization (e.g. IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, Marketing, etc.) can be measured against a maturity model. The use of a maturity model allows an organization to have its processes and practices assessed against a set of external benchmarks, best practices or even next practices.…
Since this is Memorial Day weekend (in the US), we thought we would delay our really serious blog post that we had planned, and give a big thank you to all those who have chosen to serve in the armed forces and defend our country. We hope you have a safe holiday…
Over the last few years, I have sat through my fair share of commencement speeches. From my perspective they were inspiring – filled with stories and examples of the importance of a college education and how hard work and perseverance will someday pay off. Those speeches painted a “picture” of what every graduate imagined life would be like after graduation except that the “picture” isn’t even close to the reality they face.