Archive for April, 2007

How I learnt to love bad suppliers

By brendan at 18 April, 2007, 4:54 am

I got a quote the other day from a computer guy, who emailed: “I will charge you $350 to upgrade your Drupal installation to the latest version.” This was probably the worst quotation I have ever received. (Drupal is an open source content management system that I use in one of my businesses.) So I [...]

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Problem Solving Pathways

By brendan at 11 April, 2007, 4:55 am

The other week I went to hear a speaker talk on leadership in times of crisis. I noticed during the question time that lots of people were asking really good questions, but I didn’t think of my good questions until the next day. Irritating but not unusual. On discussion with a friend, we came to [...]

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Real time metering, now that’s smart

By brendan at 10 April, 2007, 5:00 am

I read last week that the accelerated rollout of smart meters is on the table at the federal-state COAG summit (click here to read the news story). Smart meters gauge electricity use every 30 minutes, unlike most existing meters that are read every three months. A friend who works for an energy retailer seems to [...]

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I feel like I know you

By brendan at 4 April, 2007, 5:00 am

For a salesperson, the internet is an incredible boon. It gives me a chance to learn about people before I meet them, their interests them and how to present any messages I might have. There are five different tools I generally use when I want to find out about somebody. First and foremost there is [...]

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