Paul Craig — knowledge management, productivity, sales, managing and other miscellania... with an attitude

The Big Get Bigger… Canon Buys Océ

by Paul on November 19, 2009

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Yes… the news is out and has been for a few days. Canon is buying Océ… and it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

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Sinead O’Connor, Organization and Stuff

by Paul on November 15, 2009

What the heck does Sinead O’Connor (you know… the Irish singer from the 1990s who tore up a picture of the Pope?) have to do with organization and happiness?

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Always The Lowest Price… At A High Cost

November 12, 2009

I don’t like losing a deal. Yes, it happens.
And it usually comes back to bite my customer… at least this one did.

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Netflix and Success

November 11, 2009

A 128 slide PowerPoint deck composed of nothing but text and the occasional logo and vector graphic…
That keeps my attention…
That is so brilliant it makes me want to work for the company?!?!?
Absolutely!

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Specific To The Task: Situational Leadership

November 10, 2009

All too often, theories and systems of management are forgotten or discarded as time passes. This seems to be the case with Paul Hersey’s Situational Leadership Theory.
That’s too bad… because it works.

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Meet The New Productivity Tools… Then Run

November 9, 2009

You name it, I’ve tried it, used it, read about it, researched it and usually abandoned it.
Productivity tools… sheesh. Life isn’t like a box of chocolates, Mr. Gump.

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Some Stuff Never Makes It To “In”

November 6, 2009

The alternate title to this post could be “An Ounce of Prevention dot dot dot…”

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And Yet There Are Still Bad PowerPoint Presentations

November 3, 2009

Some of my best and most productive naps have occurred during bad PowerPoint presentations.

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Reading 400+ Blogs In 30 Minutes Or Less

November 1, 2009

To cope in our age of information overload means finding and using power tools… big, heavy power tools.
On any given day, I read and process over 400 blogs. I do it in about half an hour… usually first thing in the morning while consuming several vessels of a thick, ebony, tarry substance known as coffee.
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