Trends, News and Opinion for Performance Controllers
November 19th
Here is concrete case on Arcleor Mittal showing what could happen if you don’t get the facts to think things through.
November 8th
Just getting the intelligence from the coach about performance is not enough.
Here is an update on golfer Tim Wood who looks like coming back to the PGA leader boards with his blistering Australian Open qualifying form today.
Like Tim Wood and his fe…
October 23rd
Sunday October 23 1:20 PM Weekend rumors and misinformation are playing havoc on concerned Bangkok people as the Northern suburbs continue flooding. Conjecture continues as to where when and how the water will flo…
October 21st
My beloved wife Marg sent me an article as knowing my of lifestyle, like most people these days , is about managing stress.
She pointed out a coupe of good tips . especially no. 16. and not 1
Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once. & Som…
October 19th
This morning the flooding is advancing on Bangkok as many tactical defense plans continue The Nation this morning reported The government remains fixated on saving inner Bangkok – Its latest decision is to divert the relentless floodwaters down the …
October 18th
Oct 19 2011
The Bangkok flooding today is now spread further into the Bangkok city. Overnight and now it is converging dangerously fast, as it is funnel forced to the sea thru with only the low lying still in its path Capital.
The two months long bu…
October 17th
Tuesday October 18 2011 7AM Here is a GIS map of the flooded areas which shows Bangkok now caught in the neck of the funnel. This zoomed out version shows the total catchment with the blue areas already flooded and the red area that have already flo…
October 6th
One issue we work hard on being able to differentiate is our value. In the end be-it in sales or service we know being a good consultant is about being able to add more than just information messenger or contractor or value.
Becoming expert in our field…
October 6th
Steve Jobs, a drop in calligrapher student , master inventor, visionary, entrepreneur and a man who changed so many lives and gave us the Mac, the IPod, the IPad and ITunes all as models, died today from a pancreatic tumor.
He leaves us a legacy in one…
September 30th
Not much good can be said about a flawed system that lets financial markets and property con artists unmercifully rip off gullible masses on a global scale knowing the consequences to leave the world in mess.
Accountability seems too soft a word. Not muc…
September 26th
The 1940’s German Nazi SS war criminal Adolf Otto Eichmann is considered a psychotic butcher by history. But it is sometimes put by criminologists who look back on his day of reckoning in 1962 and fear an even more frightening scenario that he was just th…
September 23rd
Even though we may be commercially savvy, under pressure we can be vulnerable.
To retain and win business, paying attention on quality of service offerings, and following the customer is always right rule, is still a most important mantra. But as we buy,…
September 1st
When investigating capital raising and loan funding, the biggest challenge is to have a compelling story and financial reporting to satisfy the needs of an lender or investor. With this alternatives can be considered, such as private equity in addition to…
August 27th
Here is what looks like some good advice in the form of insightful story about an exchange between drunk and a priest.
A drunk sat down on a subway next to a priest.. His tie was stained, his face was plastered with lipstick, and a half-empty bottle was …
August 21st
We rightfully focus on Business intelligence as the way to manage mass amounts of data. This no brainer gives us access to markets with wider spreads of control and reduces or even sometimes completely eliminate costs. There is no argument in a growing bu…
July 26th
I know it is so often said that figures can lie, but lies cannot figure. Or can they?
The trouble is suspended disbelief conditioning starts when we are small with fairytale stories
This week I got a report from NYC Parking Ticket with the full set of …
July 23rd
Many people don't realize the simplicity that comes when they have a reporting database to pull all their information together in a workflow based setup. This lets everyone see and believe all their relevant data from anywhere at anytime.
Being able to f…
July 9th
Sometimes precious metals are not where we expect them. The slurry pump, used in fine mineral extraction to sift thru residual mud to find metallic gold, is akin to an analytics based reporting systems used to finding information gold in residual data. So…
June 23rd
In sport, it is quite fascinating to see how a top tennis player can react to a ball traveling at 190 miles per hour. From an arm chair watching as a youth I have listened to commentators who could articulate how they did it and I recall once hearing that…
June 16th
Lately, I read a lot about the high take up of Business Intelligence in organizations and wonder why. Like baking a cake Business intelligence is not new. Getting timely information in formatted reports with the ability to drill down to get more detail an…
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