At a time where the demand for transparent communication in the workplace is at a premium, employees are not speaking-up enough. How you express your opinions at work (or not) is a direct reflection upon how people experience who you are and what you represent as a team member, department leader and as an individual. Your voice defines the value you bring to the organization, In most cases, your identity is misrepresented because your voice does not consistently communicate what is really on your mind. If this sounds too familiar, it is apparent that you are not performing at your most optimum levels.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 15:24

Last fall, Harvard Review published a paper titled "Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think," by??Bent Flyvbjerg??and??Alexander Budzier. It spurred a conversation here at Verisk Analytics regarding how companies can avoid the risk of investing in disastrous IT projects, or "IT black swans." According to the article, black swan is a term ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 15:22

Sound you can touch. The Vibe is a new app with that tagline and it captures the imagination to think you can touch a sound wave, especially if it is from your favorite song. But that's part of Shapeways core mantra as I see it - if you can imagine it, you can probably design ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

Robert Munro, a computational linguist and speaker at Where 2012, says the subtleties of spatial distinctions are growing in importance as more of the world's digital information takes the form of non-English, unstructured text.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

By now it's old news that first lady can launch little-known designers to worldwide success. That she can cause e-commerce sites to crash because of high demand of what she's been seen wearing. And that her style, like Jackie Kennedy's before her, is a topic that we will never tire of discussing and dissecting. Why ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

They didn't really mean it. Through most of our lifetimes, public companies relied on a predictable mantra whenever their critics or regulators questioned their actions: "We must be responsible to our shareholders." They meant some shareholders: large institutional shareholders and, when necessary, powerful activist investors like Carl Icahn. Flash forward to 2007, a banner year ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

? The New York Knicks may be seeking a new head coach, but among the list of rumored candidates, there's nary a single female. Women were also recently overlooked for top coaching jobs with the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and Washington Wizards. Women may have shattered the glass ceiling in many male-dominated industries, but ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

Chevron filed for a temporary suspension of production at its Frade fields in offshore Brazil after the detection of a small oil seep in the region. [1] The suspension has been described as a precautionary measure to study the company's plans at the field and is subject to approval from regulatory agencies. A leak at ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

The traditional American dream is to have a home, a house, an abode. Whatever you call it, your residence represents stability, maturity, and financial growth. At the end of a long day in the trenches, Americans always count on relaxing at home. The 2008 economic meltdown during the new millennium changed this scenario. Many parents ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

Shares of (DFS) have climbed 36.4% over the last three months to close at $32.02 on March 15, 2012. The company is looking to keep that trend going when it releases its first quarter results on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. What to Expect: Analysts are expecting Disco to report earnings of 88 cents per share, ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54