A fascinating video of what the Hubble telescope saw when it focus on a empty part of deep space for ten days. Really amazing what it saw. A great four minute video Hubble Ultra Deep Space in 3D Have a look. Life changing experience.
Often the conceptual formulation of a business intelligence project is very simple. "Wouldn't it be great if we could track out net return by product or customer?" As the project develops the definitions and business rules often get mired down in complexit
Meetings chairs need to find a way of getting people warmed up at a meeting. Everybody needs to move their mind from whatever they were just doing to be present with this group. I find meeting these days are often very unproductive and many people really are not present
"Frogs" are the important but not urgent tasks, an idea from Stephen Covey. "Frogs" are from an excellent book by Brian Tracy, see http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp/1576751988 Getting the maximum results from our effo
Is the process more important than the goal? As I was driving on the highway, I was making a sharp turn going a little too fast. I was taught years ago to focus on where you want to go not what you want to avoid. I wonder if that is the reason many of the canned
On Wednesday, June 16th at 6 PM, friends of Gellman Hayward & Partners and getting together at Smokey Jones on the upstairs terrace. Smokey Joe's is on Yonge Street, just north of Sheppard. All are welcome. Burry Foss, one of the founders, is coming from Californ
When kids are given something new they are all excited and welcome it with pleasure. When we as adults hear that something is new, we hear change and resist it. I guess kids must welcome change. Now that is not something I understand but my experience says
March is a time of reflection for me as I build my personal balanced scorecard. Outside of this process I rely upon others who coach and council me as well as the gleems of insight I often get as I go through a day. I took some time today to try and reflect on some insights tha
As those who know me know, I am a great believer in power words. But even a power word out of context is pretty useless and sometimes can be antagonizing. I was reminded of the importance of this sort of context yesterday when dealing with a bullying incident at my son
I received an email today from Michael. Very important and game changing: Here is what he sent me. "This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Check it out. It takes a while to load, but worth the brief wait. It will count down backward