Archive for June, 2010

By Mary Montserrat-Howlett

A habit is something you can do without thinking – which is why most of us have so many of them. ~Frank Howard Clark

Who would we be without our habits? Without those little idiosyncrasies and automatic routines that distinguish one person from the next? Our habits, good and bad, play a paramount role in defining who we are, and subsequently, how others judge our character. In a work setting, our habits can [...]

Anatomy of a User Experience Transformation

by DONNA RONAYNE | Jun 24th, 2010 | Halogen News |

When you lead the market in customer satisfaction, and are chosen by customers for product “ease of use,” making overhauls to your products’ user interface requires some very thoughtful planning and consideration. For Halogen, when it came to overhauling our UI and overall user experience, we focused on ensuring that the suite was both more usable and learnable for every single type of user.

Jim Holincheck at Gartner noted in our announcement: “HCM [...]

Last week I read an article over at Forbes.com about how women should be helping other women climb the career ladder. While the article by Carol Hymowitz discussed how women can and are mentoring other women in Fortune 500 organizations, a few things really resonated with me.

Today’s guest post is from our friend Dan Bingham, manager of creative talent by day and comedian extraordinaire by night. Hope you enjoy it.

One of the best lines on how to manage creative people was delivered by Don Draper, the main character from the nine Emmy and five Golden Globe award-winning television series, Mad Men. When Sterling Cooper’s new management, personified by Lane Pryce, criticizes the ad agency’s creative department [...]

Looking at Pay for Performance

by SEAN CONRAD | Jun 15th, 2010 | Pay for Performance |

Here are a few great posts I came across in the last couple weeks that were worth sharing with you.