There was a Boy’s Club in my home town; however, to be honest, I had no real familiarity with it. I knew they were a ‘good outfit’ (through, what I know now, only as: ‘brand awareness’); yet, I had no first hand experience until this year. I have had the privilege of working with the…

His name was John. We were seated next to each other on a delayed flight from Chicago to Dallas. John was telling me about his 20 year career with a large Fortune 50 healthcare company. He had been a Vice-President over a multi-billion dollar sales organization and had decided to leave due to a myriad…

We are all familiar with “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.” Remember – the folk tale written by the Brothers Grimm. It tells about the disaster in the town of Hamelin, Germany, back in the late 1200’s. In that year a man came to Hamelin claiming to be a rat-catcher. The people of Hamelin promised him…

It is old news now that HP will purchase EDS at a price of $25.00 per share, or an enterprise value of approximately $13.9 billion. The terms of the transaction have been unanimously approved by the HP and EDS boards of directors. Now the work begins for these two companies. It is no big surprise…