Quotas for Women on Boards are Wrong
One thing I learned before I became a director is that there are an abundance of board readiness events for newbies like me. Since there are so many, I recently chose to go to one that had four…
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A Dreamforce Diary
One of the announcements Marc Benioff made in his Day 1 keynote here at Dreamforce was Data.com. The news is that Salesforce is now enabling its customers to store their data on their own hardware inside their…
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In Troubled Times, Boards Must Step Up
We return to boardrooms after a summer of extreme upheaval that looks set to continue into the autumn. There is a palpable sense of systemic instability in the face of political, economic, technological, social, and indeed meteorological uncertainty.
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Small Biz Resource Tip: Genbook
Although less than 1 percent of small businesses offer their customers online appointment scheduling, the demand for self-scheduling features is rising as consumers do more and more shopping, comparing and buying online. Hotels and restaurants have been offering the…
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Don’t Compete on Price. Please.
I caught Ted Coiné’s 12 Most Irrefutable Laws of Business Heresy the other day. I really like that list. And it’s a great title for a post. And it’s an excellent post, great advice coming one delightful rule after…
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Ban Breast Implants? The FDA Just Wants to Watch Them for a While
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People Are the Puck
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been" - Wayne Gretzky
The Great One's well-known words are often repeated in corporate corridors during discussions about understanding market trends. That…
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What’s Your Plan B?
When we have an idea, or work on a project, it can get absorbed into us. We dream of what it will be like when realized, and imagine all the great things that will happen because of…
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What Murdoch Can Teach Us About Corporate Governance
At this point, most of us are quite aware of the problems that Rupert Murdock is having in Great Britain. There has been a seismic shift in the power that Murdock has over politics and law enforcement…
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