Knowing What to Look For

by Megan Jewell I recently read What the CEO Wants You to Know , and would recommend it to anyone involved in the business arena, whether looking from the inside out or the outside in. It discusses important things such as cash flow, velocity and how to view a...

Competitive Intelligence

By Leigh Howe “Bond, James Bond.” Competitive Intelligence (CI) has the mystique of espionage.  But it is neither mysterious nor even illegal, for that matter. According to the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), CI can be defined as a systematic...

Organize for the Future…

by Megan Jewell Business Week journalist Karen E. Klein recently interviewed Monica Ricci, author of Organize Your Office in No Time, about a new trend in small businesses nationwide. Many new business owners are outsourcing someone to come and organize the office!...

Passion in the Workplace

by Dennis Burnside Pretty loaded topic, don’t you think? Before I started to write this article, I Googled “passion in the workplace.” Take a guess at how many references to the topic popped up. Close to 15,000. It’s clear that “passion...