mediocrity

Getting beyond the vortex of corporate mediocrity

You cannot commoditize talent when the key skills for today's success are flexibility, adaptability, creativity, and technology. You have to pay for talent in order to compete in the global marketplace. This transcends all industries and organizations. There is a misperception that there is a ...

Outsourcing: Net gain or shifting the pain?

... the benefits of outsourcing are often exaggerated. Savings can be achieved but they usually are far less than claimed. Often they come from accepting mediocrity in return for guaranteed cost reductions. New models of outsourcing are emerging such as offshore and transformational outsourcing that promise to cha...

Broadband blues: Don't fall for Lightspeed hype

...antial than replicating cable and delivering 200 TV channels. Setting the standard is the sign of an industry leader. Playing catch up or providing mediocrity is the sign of a member of the trailing pack. This lack of leadership does not adhere with the basic principle I established in 1984 for all organi...

Wait `till next year OK for baseball, not broadband

... the development of a wireless infrastructure as there is on teams that didn't even make the playoffs, but maybe the media is so forlorn about backing mediocrity that they really don't care about something that would radically change the whole city. After all, they probably have been traditionally trained with ...