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Hunt for Talent - Learning #1
EkaLore started releasing “The Hunt for Talent” on LinkedIn and on our website – www.ekalore.com/hunt-for-talent “The Hunt for Talent” is...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 29, 20211 min read


Post 5- It’s all about the people
While C-suite players pivoted to deal with the breach, the people in Information Technologies had to deal with details. The CIO strode...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 29, 20212 min read


The Hunt for Talent - Post 4 — Search for the Guilty
In the last release, C-level players jockeyed for position to assign blame and avoid changes in their departments. The meeting breaks up,...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 28, 20212 min read


Lemmings Go Over the Cliff
The morning at Lemmings Are Best Retail Appliance Tent (LABRAT) was bright and clear. As a long time leading retailer of appliances...
Arnold Kwong
Apr 27, 20215 min read


The Spreadsheet that Wouldn't Die - Again
Ask any “spreadsheet power user” about problems they’ve found (or produced), and you’ll hear fun/fascinating/horrifying stories. This...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 26, 20211 min read


The Spreadsheet that Wouldn't Die - A 2nd Opinion
How many software solutions have promised to replace the spreadsheet? I’ve sold solutions designed to replace spreadsheets. There are so...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 26, 20212 min read


The Spreadsheet that Wouldn't Die - 1
An experienced CFO and auditor told a much younger me that good worksheets would outlive us both at the company where we worked. The...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 26, 20212 min read


Post 3 - Bad News Travels Fast
The hacking was known to the CEO and GC. A few quiet calls left them with work for the rest of the C-suite officers. The end of the day...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 26, 20212 min read


Post 2 - The Storm Arrives
The hackers’ first attempt at communication was a short email sent to the CEO. The message s at in the spam email folder. The CEO’s...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 22, 20212 min read
The Hunt of Talent Post 2 - The Storm Arrives
The hackers’ first attempt at communication was a short email sent to the CEO. The message sat in the spam email folder. The CEO’s...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 21, 20211 min read


The Hunt for Talent - Post 1 - The Storm Rolls In
“The event attracted no notice and only a few electrons on a disk drive registered the event at all. A junior DBA clicked on an email...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 21, 20211 min read


Hunt for Talent - Prolog
“The event attracted no notice and only a few electrons on a disk drive registered the event at all. A junior DBA clicked on an email...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Entrepreneur's Journey - Post 1
Post 1 - The Idea and a Start — Product Transforming your Business – A story about surviving and growing A few years ago, Jim, an...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Post 2 - The Idea and a Start — Sales and Marketing
Transforming Your Business — Go-To-Market strategy Jim had created an engaging product. He had free sales and marketing support from his...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Post 3 – The Idea and a Start — Sales and Marketing 2
Finding a market and a distributor Jim had created a new product and prototyped it. Jim and Adam’s research pointed to distribution as...
arnoldkwong7
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Post 4 - The First Concept — Product
Turning Dreams into Reality Transforming your business — First Production Run Jim’s widget prototypes got attention and gathered...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 27, 20211 min read


The Parliament of Owls - A Numbers Game
The Covey Of Owls Treats Corporation (COOT) executives Parliament met quarterly in a fine wood-paneled boardroom that evidenced the...
Arnold Kwong
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Post 5 — Transforming your Business — Distribution
"Turning dreams into reality " Jim’s widget prototypes had attracted a couple of big distributors. He’d nailed down manufacturers that...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 26, 20211 min read


Size of Cobol Inventory — Why costs to execute, but risks are going up
The cost of IBM Mainframe MIPS/GIPS has been steadily dropping for decades. Implicit in this is a drop in cost to execute the...
arnoldkwong7
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Post 6 — Transforming your business — Exploring Channels
The little company had attracted a big distributor but was not available to meet for two months. Jim asked Adam to contact a few of the...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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