BPM for Dummies
Like all good “…Dummies” books, lets start with the explanation of what the dummies books aren’t about, and that’s dummies. There are none. But they are centered around the idea that simplicity, which is really cool, is a difficult thing to get right. The authors work really hard to make complex things simple. The books […]
Treat everyone like a CEO
I hope you didn’t try to click on the image as though it was a video. I do have the video and I’m happy to send it to you along with the link to where I learned even more about the man I’m sharing with you today. His name is Jermaine. Jermaine J. Jones. The […]
Let’s Hang On
Okay, most of you are old enough to know that the image here is of a phone. We still have handsets in most of our offices, but what if it were attached to a rotary dial? You’d be appalled. I was in a professional firm’s New York office a couple of years ago and was […]
Commercial Appraiser Trainees – Bueller? Bueller?
The Appraisal Foundation has recently issued a Practical Application of Real Estate Appraisal. You’ve heard of FIRREA, now there’s PAREA. I think the motivations are sound; the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) created a first exposure draft highlighting the challenges of traditional supervisor/trainee model for gaining commercial appraisal experience. It’s an important topic for financial institutions’ […]
It’s the Law!
I read an article that hit on one of my pet peeves last week. It was about food labels. I am a self-admitted garbage disposal and I enjoy leftovers. I have a strong stomach. I’m a bit put off by manufacturer’s using labels that are confusing at best and cause a lot of waste at […]
Batteries are Draining Me!
Those of you who have being reading this column for a while know that I love to sail. And of course, those of you who own boats know doing so is a never-ending opportunity to learn “stuff”. Like you, I really dig the “learning stuff” part and this past week it was about the electrical […]
