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Want to feel old? Sixteen years ago, in 1993, The Late Show with David Letterman premiered on CBS. Where has the time gone? Letterman, for most people, is synonymous with his 'Top Ten List.' It's such a part of our culture that The Top Ten List even has its own Wikipedia entry. Fun trivia, you're thinking, but how does this relate to executives? Executives and lists have a long history together. Business leaders love to make lists, they hand out lists, they read lists. Lists are popular with everybody. You can't pick up a leading newspaper without finding a list of something. Everybody does lists: Business Week, Newsweek and dozens of other business journals, and Forbes has lists that go far beyond the top ten. They trump everybody with their list of the Top 100. So, in hon... (more)

Does Cloud Computing Need a Shrink?

What if "The Cloud" visited a psychiatrist? Does Cloud and Cloud Computing need therapy? Are they suffering from split personality disorder? With so many people giving different definitions of what Cloud Computing is, no wonder The Cloud has an identity crisis. Be a fly on the wall and listen in to the Cloud's therapy session. Scene: Office of Dr. Virgil I. Zation, a noted Silicon Valley ... (more)

IT Personnel Hit Hard by New Flu Outbreak

The newest target population is IT presenters, and the geographic scope of this nascent disease is now global. Rapid onslaught of symptoms include the inability to focus and then agitation. Physical symptoms are fidgeting, then heavy sighing, culminating in the urge to scream.  The final symptom is Cerebral Mortis: the brain just shuts down. The original or parent disease is DBP: Death by ... (more)

The Best CEOs

So who are the best CEOs of the century? More importantly, what are the traits a business leader needs to cultivate if she or he wants immortality? Portfolio.com, in a recent April article, created a list of the Best and Worst CEOS, ranking this century's top leaders. A board of academics helped the Conde Nast publication put the list together, and discussed not only the highest and lowest... (more)

Cash for Communication Clunkers?

The government is going to pay you to get rid of outdated cars and trade-up to a more efficient vehicle. Sweet. What if you applied that same reasoning to your presentations? What communication clunkers would you get rid of? What are some of the outdated and ineffective words or phrases you use? Trade them in for more efficient patterns or eliminate them all together. If you want to keep you... (more)