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Breaking Down the "Energy" Projects in the Stimulus

Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on. But the "Energy" projects that will be eligible for funding ...READ»

India's $10 Laptop

On February 3, the Indian government will unveil a $10 educational laptop intended to bring computing to the masses, reports the Times of India. By comparison, a computer-shaped cake pan is $20 plus shipping in the U.S. Will the $10 ...READ»

Career Advice from Fokko Wientjes, Sustainability Director of DSM

DSM is a Dutch-based life- and materials-science company behind MixMe, a powdered multivitamin supplement developed in partnership with the UN World Food Program to ease malnutrition in developing countries. Fokko Wientjes, 45, says the secret to his 20-plus career at DSM is about not staying in the same place.READ»

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The Federal Stimulus Package and the CIO

Everyone is all a buzz about the Federal Stimulus package.  Will it save the economy?  Will it save my project?  Will it save my job?  The simple fact is nobody knows for certain.  We do know a lot of the broad ideas.  We are ...READ»

Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

Is the White House more of a museum than a working office? Does it even have WiFi? MSNBC has reported that on their first day on the job, Obama's White House staffers suffered from downgrades on every front. During the campaign and ...READ»

Obama Promises Science-Centric, Eco-Friendly Presidency

President Obama's Inaugural speech included a clutch of promises and observations that will have scientists, medical researchers and environmentalists in the US and around the world breathing a sigh of relief. "We will restore ...READ»

Diversity in companies

I have been checking on claims of companies for diversity. It seems that the diversity claims doesn't hold moch ground if we look at diversity in mnagement positions.READ»

Bailout or reward to network

There is money involved and the priority of nation seems to be capital. The President elect announces economy or bail out team first. If that is the CHANGE then I would like to announce a welcome change to disaster. A look at some of ...READ»

Little Noticed Election Landmarks: Women In Charge (& Not)

Last Tuesday, New Hampshire voters elected 13 women to the state Senate, out of a total of 24 seats -- the first time women have been the majority in any U.S. state legislative body. Flagged by Fast Company alum Dan Pink, with ...READ»

Government Blaming Wrong Area

When the government came out and said no short selling, well that was a bit to much. First people have the wrong reason for the market decline. It isn’t short sellers, it is bad management decisions by financial companies such as ...READ»

The Secret

Recently the book “The Secret” was released.  Now in full disclosure I have not read it.  My understanding is that it purports to give you the secret to being happier and wiser.  I can’t speak to the accuracy of the book, ...READ»

The End of Hardware

For the past couple of months, I have been tasked with investigating some Green IT initiatives for a client.  This has involved many different aspects from looking at SAN solutions, virtualisation, data centre optimisation and more. ...READ»

IT and The Weather Channel

I have come to realize that having Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel broadcasting from your hometown is not necessarily a good thing.  If you live in Florida and it’s during hurricane season, it’s a really bad thing.  I live ...READ»

Technology and Our Children

The question was raised here in Ireland not too long ago about whether parents would consider implementing a GPS tracking device for their children.  This concern followed the abduction of British born Madeline McCann while on ...READ»

Got Politics?

It’s the election season and we are inundated with headlines on the players, policies, perceptions, peccadilloes and politics. For my clients who sell to the public sector we have a recurring conversation that is focused on ...READ»

Translating Government Gobbledegook

Many times we have left a meeting and discovered everyone on the team interpreted the meeting differently.  It’s as if we all went to a different meeting.   Communicating and understanding effectively is difficult in the best ...READ»

Encouraging Innovation: How Can We Do It Better?

In Tuesday’s New York Times, there was a story about how entrepreneurs have been getting into the game of buying undervalued websites, revamping them, and then selling them for a profit. Read it here. These web-preneurs use home ...READ»

Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace

Courtesy of www.airshipworld.blogspot.com Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace PUBLICLY TRADED AS WNRC   © Airship Surveillance It's been just over a month since our last ...READ»

Just When We Thought It Could Never Happen

A great deal of my work is with political and government leaders and their executive committees.  Over the past two years at least, the intense environment, high levels of stress and numbers of executives burning out has at least ...READ»