Exploring Explortatory Search
Google’s recently released Image Swirl is slick. But I’ve been struggling to figure out whether it’s useful or simply a…
Don’t be a snob about managing change
One of the most dangerous things you can do is think you’re different than everyone else. I have found that…
MDM: Build or Buy?
On the publication of my new Informatica white paper, titled “Master Data Management: Building a Foundation for Success,” I’ve been…
You know it when they dance
Here’s that eternal question again: how do you know when whatever you’re working on is good enough? Today, two perspectives.…
Book Review: Trust Agents
As my friend Jill Dyche writes in the foreword of my next book, social media is a “piping hot” topic…
Cloudsourcing, new options in the cloud
As we go into the week of Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference I was thinking back to last year. I remember walking…
In Defense of Consultants: A Punch-Out Based Rant
One of my favorite games as a kid was Nintendo’s Punch Out. Yep, I grew up in the 80s when…
Collablogaunity
The meteoric rise of the Internet coupled with social media has created an amazing medium that is enabling people who…
Successful companies lead change with values and purpose at the forefront
Have you ever noticed that change initiatives are often led in the absence of any link with the company’s values…
Week 1 at Google: Information Overload!
As you might imagine, it’s quite a switch to go from criticizing Google from the outside to being on the…
