Archive for November, 2009
The Babson MBA – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Babson MBA in general, and the Babson Fast Track MBA in particular, like most things, is a mix of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. You can play a snippet of the song yourself to get in the mood for the rest of the column. Ennio_Morricone-The_Good,_The_Bad_And_The_Ugly Try not to whistle out loud as you play the [...]
Inertia in IT – Changing Hearts and Minds
Posted by Thom in Business, IT, Technology on 2009/11/16
It is ironic that IT departments, whom people would assume would be most comfortable with change, can be in fact some of the most hide-bound corporate employees rigidly bound to traditions and policies that may no longer be relevant to today’s business environment. This can be for several reasons. “If it works, don’t mess with it“. [...]
Bring Out Your Dead! Windows XP – Not Dead Yet
Posted by Thom in Business, IT, Technology on 2009/11/09
Fans of Monty Python’s Holy Grail will remember the infamous “Bring out your dead – I’m not dead yet” sketch. With the release of Windows 7, Windows XP is the guy saying “I’m not dead yet”, while Microsoft is the guy saying “you will be”. To borrow from and mangle Shakespeare – “I come today [...]
Updates – Revisiting Past Topics
Posted by Thom in Business, Technology on 2009/11/08
A column of updates is every columnist’s favorite crutch when ideas aren’t flowing and blogging is no different. But of course, I am doing an update column because I think that some of the previous topics I’ve written about earlier are worth updating, not because I’m suffering from a lack of ideas. Mobile Phone Industry updates- AT&T signed up a record 3.2 million [...]
The Babson MBA, One Year Later
A little over one year ago, I finished up my final coursework for my MBA from Babson College. The program I completed was the Fast Track MBA. For two years, I was part of a cohort of 88 classmates who met face-to-face every six weeks on Fridays and Saturdays, while also completing weekly assignments, discussions [...]
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