Happy New Year from the Sunny Side of the Street
Happy New Year! I hope like me, you’ve had an enjoyable holiday, whether your idea of enjoyable is peaceful time with yourself, or boisterous times with family and friends. A number of years ago we started a policy at RealWired where employees are able to take a couple of weeks off during the holidays, as […]
A Time of Connections – Make them Count
We’re officially in the holiday season. It’s important to use this time to make meaningful connections through such things as old-fashioned Christmas cards, personal visits, parties, and even e-mail. Social media is a mainstay that can add to both the professional and personal side of the holiday season. It’s currently trendy to bash Facebook users […]
Emily Post, Where are you
We’ve added a podcast! At RealWired our focus is on people – how they work and grow in their careers. That focus and passion is why we are a “service company that provides software”. This same focus was the impetus for me to start communicating weekly by newsletter and then by blog and now by […]
Lollipop Theory
Hold on. I have something negative to say. Yesterday I heard a statement that I found pretty offensive, but of course it still stuck with me….”Once you lick the lollipop of mediocrity, you will suck forever.” It’s pretty harsh right? It’s so defeating. No one wants to be mediocre. It’s worse than being average. Way […]
The Herd at Work
What if your market perceives “best” to be the largest in terms of people and gross revenue? What if the market perceives “the right choice” to be a company backed by millions in private equity or venture dollars? What if your market perceives “the right choice” to be the company with name/brand recognition? What if […]
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 […]