Fumble: How a Botched Software Upgrade Hurt J. Crew’s Bottom Line
What is the cost of a fumbled upgrade? For J. Crew it was $3MM in unanticipated costs which, according to J. Crew, contributed to their recently announced earnings miss of 4 cents a share. How did...
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MiPro Gives Back: voting results as of March 24
Due to numerous requests to provide some idea of the vote tally from our MiPro Gives Back charity project, here are the top 10 vote-gettering charity organizations as of March 24, 10 AM EST. To vote,...
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MiPro Gives Back: Voting Results April 5
Today’s results- Per usual, previous voting data can be found on MiPro Unfiltered’s main page. (Scroll down through the posts.) One more day to go! Related Posts:Casual Friday: An App That Tracks and...
View ArticleLinkology: The Best of the Internet for 3/19/10
I have to start with this: if you’re not following us on Twitter, please do. We also have an active Facebook page. We use those to share smaller bits of information and engage in community...
View ArticleLinkology: Friday Links for 3/26/10
First some administrivia: we’ve had a pretty big spike in readership this month, so I’d like to say hello and thank you to all our new readers. This place would just be an empty echo chamber without...
View ArticleLinkology: The Best of the Internet for 5/14/10
One of my favorite bloggers, behavioral economist Tyler Cowen, gets profiled (probably much to his chagrin) in the Washington Post. John Gruber with Apple-Verizon Political Calculus, 2010 Edition....
View ArticleQUOTE: On Being in the People Business
“We are in the people business. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the banking business, your customers, you’re in the people business, and it’s how you treat people. I grew up with the thought that I...
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The Bigger Picture – Internal Dynamics of a Team – From Playgrounds to Board...
Psychologists often point to a person’s early development being as much about peer interaction as the lessons we learn in school. “Mommy and Me”, “Gymboree” etc., there is an entire industry built on...
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Life’s Unexpected Lessons
Not too long ago I attended a 1-day seminar titled “Essential Skills for the First Time Manager.” I thought it would be a day filled with useful information about how to effectively manage people, how...
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