Category Archives: Excellence

It’s been about 45 days …

InsideSpin and Brightlights are running a series of seminars over the next few months — we started promotion today and voila, i have a handful of new InsideSpin members. I’ve been very heads down with my e-learning activity, i forgot to … Continue reading

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Moneyball — a prime example of excellence in action?

I’m a sucker for this kind of movie — aside from being a baseball fan of sorts (I finally caught my first foul ball last Monday — i smiled from ear to ear), I knew I would like the way … Continue reading

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I want to be a CEO

I recently met someone who wants to be a CEO. He wants it so badly he’ll do anything to assume and keep the role. He wants it so badly, he won’t accept that he’s not ready for the role. He … Continue reading

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Making Mistakes — The Power that Drives Us

As the adage goes, we learn from our mistakes. Does this really make us stronger? I’ve been involved as an Advisor or Board member in a handful of companies since leaving PlateSpin and am regularly faced with the challenge of deciding whether … Continue reading

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Keep Publishing

It’s hard to be a regular publisher/blogger — i’ve never been a fan of idle chat so have a hard time blogging just to be seen as a regular blogger — i like to see the hits i get, good … Continue reading

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Citrix Buys Kaviza — an Advisor Story Gone Right

Kaviza was one of the first companies I started working with as an Advisor. I was referred to them by a business colleague who thought my experience with PlateSpin and the virtualization market would be ideal for their business plan. 18 … Continue reading

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On-line Banking Services — A Meeting with a CIO

I had the opportunity today to sit face to face 1 on 1 for an hour with the CIO from one of Canada’s largest banks — my main purpose was to provide consumer-oriented input into the on-line banking services provided, … Continue reading

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Special purpose devices — is there a future for them?

My wife and I recently won a Kobo reader at a fund raiser bowling event (yes, bowling — a real sport in some parts of the world). My wife is a regular user of a reader having had the Sony … Continue reading

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Strategic versus Working Boards

I recently attended a Board meeting for a new company where a key issue at hand was the determination of what type of Board we were designed to be — a Strategic Board or a Working Board? At first, i … Continue reading

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The Waterfall

It’s not that often that you come across something simple that can dramatically change the way in which people communicate. I’m not talking about some new gizmo or social network platform, but rather a layout of information that can better communicate, in … Continue reading

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