Larry Deckinger In everyone’s life, there are those rare people you come into contact with that truly change your life. There are a precious few such people in my life, but probably none more important than Dr. E.L. Deckinger…or as most of us have come to know him, Larry. I met Larry back in 1986 [...]
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Remembering Larry Deckinger
November 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Marketing and Branding, News and Information
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Are CIO’s Indifferent Towards Quality Software
October 29th, 2008 · 45 Comments · Get the Goods, News and Information, Quality and Your Customers
Last night I read through the results of a study from Original Software entitled Software Quality and Testing: A CIO Perspective. After I read it, I had to pick myself up off the floor. “Why was Chris on the floor” you ask? Because one of the main findings of the study was that 40% of [...]
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Getting Naked in Short Selling with Paddy Hirsch
October 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · News and Information, Presentation Goodness
Earlier this month, I posted two videos of Paddy Hirsch, a Senior Editor for American Public Media’s Marketplace that I thought were great illustrations of how to present complex financial transactions in a simple to understand manner. Paddy explained how Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO’s) and Credit Default Swaps work and what their role has been [...]
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Get Seth Godin’s Tribes for FREE
October 20th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Get the Goods, Marketing and Branding, News and Information
Seth Godin‘s new book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us has just been released as a free audio download at audible.com. I took a listen today and the book is great (in fact, Seth actually reads the book). As most of you already know, I’m part of the Seth Godin Tribe. For those of [...]
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