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My latest column is "NOT INVENTED HERE COMPLEX" - a good idea is a good idea regardless where it originated from.



"A phenomenon I have run across on more than one occasion in my
travels through the corporate world is what is commonly referred to as
the "Not Invented Here" complex or simply "N.I.H." I have encountered
it in North America, Asia, Europe, and a little bit down-under in
Australia. Basically, N.I.H. is a situation where an idea or inventi… Continue

My latest column is "CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS" - are they worth the paper they are written on?



"However, not all certification programs are created equally and
many are not worth the paper they are printed on. Two things bother me
about certification: when it becomes too easy to obtain one, and if
the certification is based on sheer humbug."

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My latest column is "YOU'RE FROM WHERE?" - the idiosyncrasies of our language.



"Accents can be both charming and confusing at the same time. Aside
from this, there are other expressions we use which distinguishes
people from one geographical location to another. For example, the
dialect of people from Boston is distinct and well known, but there is
one word the computer people there use that I have not seen
elsewhere..."

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My latest column is "ADAPTING TO THE CORPORATE CULTURE" - understanding the work environment.

"I recently had a reader ask me what he should do about an office environment where the workers have incompatible Personality Types; e.g., Types A, B, C, and D. His concern was that some people didn't like to be told what to do and others stubbornly didn't want to work with others."
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