Here in the US, the topic of electronic medical records has popped back to the top of the agenda, due to an impending mass injection of government money. Long talked about, long promised and long mandated ( remember HIPAA? ) -- electronic medical records in the US are for all intents and purposes st...

Remember when PE firms backed out of signed deals in droves? They looked like jerks at the time, but in retrospect, they were probably smart to avoid the overpriced, highly leveraged deals they had aggressively pursued for the past three years. Taking into account the Dow’s record breaking drops l...

Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to one of the great voices in leadership studies, Frances Hesselbein about leadership, Peter Drucker and her new book, The Organization of the Future 2. Oh and sorry about the size of the file, don’t know what’s going on with that….. ...

Written by Darrell Etherington. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a streamlining kick. That is, I’ve been trying to find simple, elegant solutions to multiple problems in one convenient package. Easier said than done, unfortunately. The problem is getting everything you need in one place, in ...

Should we say Yes more often; or do we say Yes too often? Seth Godin recently had a great blog post "Looking for yes" where he contrasted his experiences at the post office and Fedex.  The post office personnel consistently looked for reason why they couldn't accept his package for shipment while ...

The alleged Chris Brown/ Rihanna fight started with a booty text - OK, a confusing hatred of women and a booty text. But who sent it? Some said it was Kim Kardashian, who liked Chris Brown because her bottom is large and dense enough to absorb most violent attacks. Some said it was Paris Hilton, bec...

Gone are the days when you could graduate from college, find a respectable employer, and remain at the same company until you received that 50-year anniversary gold watch, a generous retirement package, and a nice pension. And even if the old-school work model was still available, I suspect many of ...

Those of you who follow my blog should have noticed a new look and feel today!  If you receive this missive in your email box via an RSS feed, I encourage you to stop by www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com to see the new look. As most of you know, I'm quite serious about helping organizations realize that ...

Interesting that ClaimID (my current OpenID provider) are considering a subscription model, ClaimID nears 75k users.  As they say in their blog post: Unfortunately, running ClaimID is not cheap, so we’re going to strive for a model that is both sustainable and secure. I find myself increasing...

Reviewing as many sites as I do, I am often asked “What do you consider a good blog entry?”. I try not to have a cookie cutter response because each niche is different and all writers should stick to their own style of writing. I was looking at a video of Jay’s the other day and it...