Although my title appears to be an incorrect math equation, its secret meaning makes me thankful (for once) of graduate studies in theology that included Koine Greek. What? Maybe this will help. Per the always inerrant Wikipedia, “Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. The [...]
I’m not Nostradamus by any means, and I’m confident that many of my thoughts here aren’t novel, but this is a subject that has been on my mind for some time. Feel free to chime in with comments, questions or criticisms…I’m certainly open to constructive feedback. Not terribly unlike that ancient, and in my opinion [...]
If you don’t want to be the employer of choice in your market, what do you want to be? A distant 2nd? Well, you might as well be last then. When it comes to getting the finest talent – the best is going to good old #1. Maybe the lack of a clearly discernible talent [...]
A recent providential plane ride seated me next to a procurement executive (purchasing or sourcing, if you will). After greetings and the obligatory questions related to our occupation, a fascinating dialogue ensued. As someone who regularly interacts with indirect sourcing professionals, we were able to discuss our perceptions and paradigms regarding the way staffing services [...]
I’ve been in and around the staffing MSP space for over a decade. I’ve been in well over 100 programs as a supplier (and evaluated and rejected hundreds more) and been on the other side of the table as the provider of MSP services, including our own product, Ōnin Optimum. I think that makes me [...]
Among many others, my title includes a common false statement. Sometimes our perception has nothing to do with reality or objective truth for that matter. Why? We are emotional creatures prone to seeing things through a lens shaped by our experiences and wishes. Although we might want something to be true, believing it to be [...]
An excerpt from an article* by Alan Deutschman for Fast Company: Change or Die. What if you were given that choice? For real. What if it weren’t just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death? Not the overblown exhortations of a rabid boss, or a slick motivational speaker or a self-dramatizing [...]
Sometimes the most important question isn’t “Why would you?” but “Why wouldn’t you?” Just this morning, as is my daily custom, I went to my banking app to view any payments that had cleared and to see if any checks had been deposited. I did this from the comfort and privacy of my hotel room. [...]
