The “corporation” wanted to know if you had the right experience, education and technical competencies  they  specified as needed to do a “job”  they  wanted done for a purpose  they  stated as necessary. Human capital has significantly more value than experience, education and “technical” competencies.  The 'Job descriptions are failing to identify the real value organizations ought to be looking for in the 21st Century. Change Your View of Human Capital. It’s simply not possible to change current behaviors by refusing to embrace new paradigms. MORE >>

How do other companies compete when Nike, Gatorade and AE give stuff away for free? We’re asking local SMB’s to compete with big brands who give stuff away for free, by forcing them to give stuff away for free too that will either be a) costing them more than they can really afford or b) not really having the same impact on the consumer as it would if it was coming from the big brand. So how do you compete? Don’t give something away to sell something-you can’t compete with those that use that as a business model. But does free work ? Uh no. MORE >>

I’m not going to lie — I’ve neglected this poor thing recently, so traffic numbers have dropped… but Compete makes it look as though someone dropped a bomb on my server. Let’s compare a few stats between Compete and Google Analytics, and see how things look. Compete: 1,579 - an 89% variance. Compete: 1,900 – again,  an 89% variance. So, where does that leave Compete. I can’t take it any more. need to ask: Why do people still use Compete.com? Case in point. Let’s take a look at my site – davefleet.com. MORE >>

was pleased to see that Compete responded, multiple times — in a comment on my post; via a tweet and then subsequently in email. Given the interest I saw from other people, I obtained Compete’s permission to publish our exchange. Compete is based on a sample of 2 million, US based panelists.  Think of compete numbers as an orange – a U.S. At a high-level, panel-based providers like Compete measure online behavior based on consumers, whereas local analytics measure similar behaviors based on cookies. It does not impact any traffic numbers.  MORE >>

Pretty soon we’re competing for who’s most stressed. This is one thing I won’t compete on. Competing for Who Is Most Stressed originally appeared on Spin Sucks on May 11, 2011. I’ve been doing a lot of self-talk lately. You know. The kind where you have to convince yourself to behave differently than you feel because you’re a leader and you set the example. You see, the launch of Spin Sucks Pro didn’t go exactly as planned and I’m not in control of what needs to be changed and fixed for it to be valuable to you and others. Big time. MORE >>