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I attended a very interesting event last week which was sponsored by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, NJ Roundtable (CSCMP). The topic was The 2016 Future Supply Chain: building a sustainable collaborative supply chain for the future, through new thinking, new approaches, and better use of infrastructures. The speaker was Bob Boucher, Vice President, Global Customer Service & Logistics, Colgate-Palmolive Company… Continue

"Yes, and..." Two powerful, magical words to say throughout your day! When we say "YES!" to ourselves, another or G-d, the Universe, or whatever we call our Higher Power, we enter a space and a vibration of allowing and accepting what's being offered. When we add "and," we're attracting more of that which we've said YES to. What does this have to do with being successful in business and in life? Taking our businesses to the next level? Serving more people? Making more money? Being positive, jo… Continue

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I'm an IMP... an Information Marketing Professional. I work with professionals who are ready to take their business to the next level so they can serve more people, leave a legacy, and make more money. In my world, every professional who wants to succeed in business and in life can and does! I believe that the fastest, easiest… Continue

For many years I thought trust was critical for collaboration or for distributed teams to be effective, but after attending the NewWoW symposium in the summer of 2008 which looked at the effects of culture, I began to understand that trust was just not enough. Also, I can easily think of situations where people on a team or committee did not trust each other yet worked together for a common goal. Just look at any standards committee for a good example of this. From Wikipdia: Trust is a relation… Continue

Every entrepreneur needs three things : credibility, visibility, and faster growth for their audience and their business. A Ning Ring or joint blog is one of the lowest cost, most effective ways for an entrepreneur to establish and promote their Internet brand and in the process to also build credibility and visibility. A Ning Ring is a small community of 5 to 10 bloggers who all want to write about a topic similar or related to your business or industry, for example : a group of publishing co… Continue

So, what is GOOBI? GOOBI stands for Get Out Of Bed Incentive. You'll know when you have GOOBI. When you have it, your eyes pop open before the alarm clock rings. You jump out of bed and say to yourself: "Yay! I get to do this again today and people are going to PAY me to do it! How coo… Continue

It is funny to me to listen to people go on and on about "Web 2.0" as if it is some big revelation about what the web is and what it does. The internet hasn't really changed much. Oh, yeah, we added video and "social networks" as well as blogging and podcasting, but that is just technology. Over time we will see so many iterations of new technology hit the web. The web continues to do wshat the web has always done from the time the internet was a black screen with green or amber letters. The w… Continue

Hi, I am Russell Cox. I started my first internet community back in 1997 as The Select Investor, a financial newsletter and E-Zine. Now, ten years later, I am focused on building vibrant Web 2.0 communities where what you say and do is at least as important than anything I post. I will be providing my expert advice and will be bringing in others to contribute to my Web 2.0 communities. To learn more, please visit and join one or both of these communities :… Continue