For most of us, running a business effectively takes 24x7 commitment, and if you've started your business from nothing you probably have a pretty good understanding of what the word commitment really means.
In economics there are two major areas of study, micro and macro; micro being the study of economic activity for individual organizations, and macro being the study of the sum total of all economic activity in a region or zone. I was thinking the same two areas of study could be applied to the technology industry, since the industry follows some of the same patterns as basic economics.
What if your business information was centralized and managed in one universal place on one universal platform? What if all it took to get a new employee up and running was a user ID and password and a bit of training? How would that impact your business?
For those of us who grew up using computers and software, it can be tough to make the mental leap from how things worked back then to where it's all heading today.
In the last few years, businesses and organizations have flocked toward web technology because of its ability to deliver a strong return on investment (ROI). From staffing and human resources, to sales and marketing, everyone within an organization is now visualizing how web technology can improve their specific department and job function.
Some business people will tell you they don’t have sales people on staff. They either don’t believe in them, or don’t believe they need them. They say this in large part because they falsely believe their company gets new business through the bid process, word-of-mouth, or some other activity.
Today, Apple Inc. is the “belle of the ball” in the technology world and rightly so with its groundbreaking work in the music player (iPod), laptop (MacBook), cellphone (iPhone), and now tablet (iPads) fields. In fact, I'm writing this blog on my new MacBook Air right now, and it's one hell of a good laptop, I must say.
Word on the street is that there will be over 120 different tablet computers on the market by Christmas 2011. This is a modern day avalanche of technology and it will have a huge and long-lasting impact on the way business is done.
Many years ago I hired a technical consultant to do a review of our systems. During the process he talked about the need to separate the urgent tasks from the important. He highlighted how easy it is to focus on the urgent tasks and objectives while putting off the really important work that, while not urgent in nature, would have huge benefits to the company.
