…Potential staff churn and skills shortages push recognition programmes up the priority list… Milton Keynes, UK – Wednesday 9 March 2016 – Employers have capitalised on ‘good will’ at the start of 2016 by better recognising staff for their efforts, according to findings from a new survey from award-winning performance improvement agency P&MM. The survey[1] […]
What Should Microsoft Do Next? Learn from IBM in the 1990’s.
Now that Steve Ballmer has announced that he will step down as CEO of Microsoft, the Board faces the tough decision of what to do next. Picking a new leader will not be easy; picking a new leader who will revitalize the company will be even harder. The Board needs to resist the temptation to […]
Guess Who Is Manipulating the Markets
When we think of market manipulators, names like Bernie Madoff and Mike Milken come to mind. Or perhaps it’s Michael Douglas’ character Gordon Gekko from the 1987 classic Wall Street. These guys profited from exploiting investors, causing major losses in the process. All three of these men went to jail for their crimes, even the fictional […]
Tweeting the Revolution: Twitter Didn’t Create the Revolution, But It Didn’t Hurt
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This article originally appearedat the media website LWR. It’s hard to miss the various articles lamenting many social media supporters’ claims that Twitter and Facebook helped shepherd revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt into reality. In one often cited example, Devin Coldeway, a writer at TechCrunch, argued that “people, not things, […]
J&K CM calls for necessary reforms in power sector
Srinagar/Jammu, August 26 (Scoop News) – Underscoring the importance of power sector in the economic development of the State, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Thursday called for necessary reforms to bridge the gap between the energy supply and revenue collection. “My endeavour is to make power available to the people round the clock for both […]
Burger King Cuts Trans-fat
After lagging behind other fast food chains like Wendy’s, KFC and Taco Bell, Burger King is finally hopping onto the bandwagon. It originally announced in July 2007 that it will make a full switch by Dec 2008, but has brought forward the deadline to November this year. "Our suppliers were able to manufacture enough quantity […]