SuccessfulWorkplace http://www.successfulworkplace.org New ideas in a fast changing world Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:58:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 Every day is Christmas for peer-to-peer business models http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/18/every-day-is-christmas-for-peer-to-peer-business-model/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/18/every-day-is-christmas-for-peer-to-peer-business-model/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:17:51 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18540 Peer-to-peer business models are popping up everywhere. Just today, Boxbee launched a sharing library to allow people storing their unused goods to lend them to others. For a $15 delivery fee, any shared goods can be borrowed and no one needs to own a garage full of  stuff. Instead, you have a sharing library to […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/18/every-day-is-christmas-for-peer-to-peer-business-model/feed/ 0 The 3 ways to get ahead at work — how far will you go? http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/16/3-ways-get-ahead-work-far-will-go/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/16/3-ways-get-ahead-work-far-will-go/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:09:31 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18531 You can read all of the career self-help books in the world and still be stuck in your job, unhappy and going nowhere. Before you cough up more money for more advice from people who seem to have it all figured out, pause for a second. There are three simple ways to get ahead at […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/16/3-ways-get-ahead-work-far-will-go/feed/ 0 Google is buying robots because the physical world is about to change, too http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/15/google-buying-robots-physical-world-change/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/15/google-buying-robots-physical-world-change/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18521 Google just bought Boston Dynamics, makers of BigDog and PETMAN, which, according to TechCrunch is their eighth robotics acquisition…and it’s time to pay attention. This isn’t the same cute storyline as last January when Compressorhead, the all-robot metal band, gave us Motorhead’s Ace of Spades (watch the video, it’s priceless) and 5,000,000 plus YouTube hits later, robotics […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/15/google-buying-robots-physical-world-change/feed/ 0 Twitter testing Nearby as an awesome advertising tool http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/14/twitter-testing-nearby-as-an-awesome-advertising-tool/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/14/twitter-testing-nearby-as-an-awesome-advertising-tool/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:21:10 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18510 The Wall Street Journal blog today reported that Twitter is testing a service called Nearby that will allow users to share location. Time magazine described it this way: “Nearby”  includes a map on the upper-half of the screen with a blue dot marking the user’s location, while the bottom half reveals a feed of recent local […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/14/twitter-testing-nearby-as-an-awesome-advertising-tool/feed/ 0 Avon’s $125 million fiasco with SAP http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/12/avons-125-million-fiasco-sap/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/12/avons-125-million-fiasco-sap/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:50:26 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18496 Just today the Wall Street Journal reported that Avon is halting the rollout of an SAP upgrade that ultimately will cost them up to $125 million. This is a messy story that isn’t unique in the market. From the WSJ: Avon began using the new order management software system in Canada in the second quarter. […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/12/avons-125-million-fiasco-sap/feed/ 8 The flawed expectations of SaaS and APIs http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/11/flawed-expectations-saas-apis/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/11/flawed-expectations-saas-apis/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:50:39 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18485 SaaS is a powerful trend that can’t be denied. Great examples would be Salesforce making web delivery of CRM far less expensive and Workday smashing ERP paradigms at high speed. SaaS is a valuable way to increase innovation and lower cost by joining with the many others using the functionality of a single application being […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/11/flawed-expectations-saas-apis/feed/ 0 Big data’s industrial problems of pollution, waste and leakage http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/10/big-datas-problem-data-leakage/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/10/big-datas-problem-data-leakage/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:45:43 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18472 For centuries now, we’ve created goods through mass production, using machines, assembly lines and ever-larger ways to melt, mix, cut, stamp, rivet and paste. We’ve gotten used to using many materials to create something of higher value, with the waste being given off as liquid, gases and material headed for a landfill, or worse, put […]

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]]> http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/08/bpm-case-studies/feed/ 1 Our 2014 predictions for consumer and business technology http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/07/2014-predictions-consumer-business-technology/ http://www.successfulworkplace.org/2013/12/07/2014-predictions-consumer-business-technology/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:14:31 +0000 http://www.successfulworkplace.org/?p=18444 Yes, it’s that time. You knew it as soon as you heard Bing Crosby crooning White Christmas at the grocery store. No, we’re not talking about Christmas…we’re talking about the time of the year for every yoyo with an opinion to predict what will happen in the coming year. We’re never short on opinions ourselves, […]

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