In the technology industry, “PII” stands for “Personally Identifiable Information.” However, anyone who provides technology to customers should also think of it as standing for “Privacy Is Important.” Two important events this week—one regarding Google and one regarding Facebook—underscored the importance of this and served as reminders of how important protection of privacy is to mainstream adoption of technology…
Looking for risks in all the places they can occur
-->To actively manage risk across your enterprise, you will need develop an organization-wide consistent method to seeking out and identify risk. This requires two critical steps: 1) develop a clear definition of risk enterprise-wide and 2) teach your staff to seek out and plan for all types of risk: positive, negative, internal and external. Once you do this, you will be ready to begin planning for and managing response to nearly any situation of importance that is likely to occur…
Creating to a culture that enables active risk management
-->Before any organization can begin to actively manage risk, it must first change its culture to one that openly and freely discusses risk at all levels. This is not easy. It requires commitments from management and staff at all levels. However, it will pay off in many ways: higher trust, increased respect and better results…
ARMing yourself for success for the new year
Today is the first day of 2010. This year, as we exit a global recession our hopes for success are much larger than before—while our margins for success are tighter than they have been for many years. Use of Active Risk Management (ARM) can be vital helping us navigate these challenges…
Skype’s ‘fraud’ problem
Skype is a great service. Last month, a consortium of investors bought Skype from eBay so they could run it as an independent business. However, before they can successfully re-commercialize Skype into the industry leader its technology allows, the new owners will first have to overcome a major fraud perception…
Will Christmas be a peak or a valley for social media?
Back in the “Days of Dial-up,” thanks to great affiliate marketing, Christmas Day used to be the number one registration day for Internet (Web 1.0) leaders like AOL. What will Christmas hold this year for Social Media (and Web 2.0) leaders like Facebook and Twitter? Will the results be good–or will they indicate it is time for new affiliate marketing programs?…
