Your business systems are your business and the degree to which you can design and engineer how they work will determine your ability to grow. In the past, many systems had to be built with complex coding for highly specific requirements. They were brittle. If you changed a requirement, then the labor to correctContinue reading “Simplifying Business Systems”
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3 Google Apps Image Collaboration Strategies
Google Apps facilitates communication quickly and efficiently. This can happen in real-time or asynchronously. The ability to clarify your issues on screen can be done in multiple ways. Here are three quick ways to ensure your communication reduces cycles of back and forth with your team and customers. 1. Jing Screen Captures We like toContinue reading “3 Google Apps Image Collaboration Strategies”
Google Chromebooks For True Cloud Computing
With the introduction of Google Chromebooks, Google is continually moving the world forward with cloud computing. In other words, the web is the computer. Processing, upkeep, storage and enhancements are services which we consume and let SaaS providers worry about keeping us up and going. Google Apps is in this category. We are focused onContinue reading “Google Chromebooks For True Cloud Computing”
Using Salesforce Dashboards For Real-Time Execution
Salesforce.com dashboards offer the single point of intelligently running your business. Your business should be run in real-time. In the old days, we relied on someone who would compile information and provide a report, perhaps weekly. If you run your business this way today, you are dealing with outdated and slow snapshots of information. RunningContinue reading “Using Salesforce Dashboards For Real-Time Execution”
5 Cloud Computing Advantages
Cloud computing is one of the great enablers for businesses today to lower costs and grow quickly. Every business is a system which needs to align people, resources, information and customers. Cloud computing technologies emerged as the internet became widespread and Web 2.0 software usage and adoption grew. For those that are still trying toContinue reading “5 Cloud Computing Advantages”
Salesforce As The Interruption Killer
Salesforce increases productivity by forcing a culture of tasks, communication and collaboration. The cost of an interruption is typically 15-20 minutes of lost productivity. In our humanity, we are limited by finite attention. It is difficult to refocus when we are interrupted. We can only focus on one thing at at time. The Cloud OrganizationContinue reading “Salesforce As The Interruption Killer”
Productivity Glass Ceiling
I had the privilege of being in Germany when the Berlin wall fell. My father served 25 years in the military and 9 of those were in the Cold War era of then West Germany. At that time, West Germany was one of the most dynamic economies in the world. East Germany was a communist,Continue reading “Productivity Glass Ceiling”
