Miscellaneous

Crossing the IT and Business Divide

The benefits that IT brings to the business have gained increased recognition in the last several years.  From the advent of e-commerce to the efficiencies gained from ERP to the capability to better understand and manage customers through CRM software, IT has been front and center in many critical business initiatives.  The profile of the [...]

How To Be Global

One of the most exciting aspects of working on the internet is that it is global.  It gives you the possibility of reaching out to and collaborating with people from many cultures, languages and diverse ethnic backgrounds, in ways that were not possible just a few decades ago.  In order to truly take advantage of [...]

To Open or not to Open Comments – The Blogger’s Dilemma

One of the key decisions every blogger needs to make is whether to keep the comments functionality open or disabled.  I can see pros and cons in either approach.  It is nice to build a sense of community in your blog and allow people to make comments.  Well thought out comments add real value to [...]

Immigrants Taking Jobs? Jobs are Going Overseas

Penny-wise, pound-foolish.  This expression seems to describe well the discussion about American jobs.  While there is an ongoing debate about immigrants taking low-paying jobs that most Americans don’t want to do, a large number of high-paying jobs are going to India and other countries because companies can’t find enough people with the right knowledge, skills [...]

The Art of Successful Blogging

Since the launch of the Worldwide Success site a month ago I have done quite a bit of research about what it takes to be a successful blogger.  I am still a novice, and not yet quite qualified to give advice on the subject.  But during my research I have run into many successful blogs [...]

Feed My Starving Children

At Worldwide Success we believe that being successful means sharing our resources with those that are less fortunate, and taking responsibility for the issues that afflict the world, whether it is global warming, poverty, or hunger.  According to the Borgen Project, 800 million people go to bed hungry every day and 300 million are children.  [...]

What is the Cost of Winning?

Our society today seems to value winning above all things, regardless of the means to achieve the end results.  When we talk about success, it is very important to make a distinction between being successful and winning at all costs.   In this site, we define success as a balanced combination of attributes, and one of [...]