When you meet someone for the first time, you probably search for some common denominators as a link during the course of the conversation. Why? One reason is to find an issue or topic that will make the first conversation a little less uncomfortable, as the first conversation can be. Another reason is to find a common bond that can serve as the basis for friendship. The more similarities you have with another person...

Everyone at the office thought that using the company e-mailsystem to share jokes and funny stories was great fun. That is,until one offended employee decided to sue his employer forhaving helped to create a hostile work environment.Employee access to E-mail and the Internet can help tostreamline communication among employees, and between employeesand customers. But, just like conversations or informationcommunicated...

The idea of a fully ‘connected’ and integrated digital city,with a plethora of online services for its citizens, soundsultra-futuristic and like a pipe dream. The local telecoms andIT industry has its own views. The notion of a digital city, where all citizens haveaccess to public services through broadband Internetconnections, has long since been in the minds of government andthe private sector. The reality...

The term crisis management has different connotations. In this article, I will try to provide pointers that can be used in most situations: Is It A Crisis In The First Place?: This question is important to ask, as there are many situations that go wrong because the right person to handle it is not around. You may be in charge of a project until your supervisor comes back and are unable to contact him during a crisis....

We need to talk. Its good to talk and we become closer as a result of it. Arguments are resolved, situations become clearer, love becomes easier, heck, there would be a hell of a lot less wars if more people indulged in the practice of communicating their needs. During the first few million years of life on this planet, humans always found a way to get the message across to another person. Lord of the Rings showed...

The wellspring of confidence is belief. When you believe in something, you accept and have conviction about the truth, actuality, or validity of that thing. When the belief is about you, its called self-confidence. Self-confidence is your belief that you can marshal your physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual resources in the successful pursuit of a goal. The number one predictor of individual or team success...

Never before in the history of telecommunications has a moreimportant warning been needed for current and potential VoIP(computer phone) users who have joined, or will be joining, inthe inevitable paradigm shift from telephone to VoIP.Warning! Warning! Warning! Beware of VoIP internet service providers that operate onindustry standard codec and industry standard protocols becausethey are PUBLICLY OPEN and INTERPRETABLE!...

In September 2004, President Bush signed the $146 billion tax cut bill restoring the recently expired business Research & Experimentation Tax Credit. The 18-month renewal of the research and experimentation tax credit, which expired June 30 2004, was the most expensive item with an expected $7.6 billion cost through 2014. Process Improvement Qualifies If you are spending money on ISO 9000, six-sigma, lean manufacturing,...

In April 2006, Accustream iMedia Research recently came out with a powerful study entitled “Streaming Video 1998 2010: March To Mainstream”, which shows, among other things, that video streams have increased from 284.6 million in 1998 to a whopping 18 BILLION in 2005.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated world population is 6,512,370,258. This means that on average there were about three streams...

Keep an Open MindWe live in a diverse and fast pace world. Businesses hire fromall walks of life to create an eccentric and hopefully a betterbusiness. There is nothing wrong with this idea, but the realproblem happens when two people just focus on their differences. Not everyone is just like you, and it is almost pointless to tryto find and hire these people. You dont want clones of yourselffor how will you ever gain...