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Professional Skepticism: Essential Equipment for the FutureReady Business...

By Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information As an information professional working in business research, I know that the quality of the decisions that our clients make based on our work – and thus our...

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Book Review: The Information by Gleick

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick: A Review by Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information Inc. What possible limits can there be when the subject is a history of Information? The...

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Crowdsourcing: Are a Thousand Heads Better Than One?

by Judith Binder, RBSC Corporation Although the practice of crowdsourcing isn’t new – interviews, focus groups, customer feedback, and surveys have been around for decades – Jeff Howe first used the...

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‘Don’t Worry, Google Docs has it’: Libraries and the Implementation of Cloud...

by Julianne Medaglia-Kurtz, TD Bank While the phrase ‘cloud computing’ is gaining in popularity, the technology has been around longer than we realize. Back in 2009, librarians at Ohio State University...

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Where Art Thou, Motivation?

Happy Friday! Imagine the conversation at the actual water cooler for a second. Hey Sally, where have you been the last few days? Oh hi, Ted! I was just at the most inspiring conference ever. I...

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Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto by Gawande

The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right (Every Time) by Atul Gawande: A Review by Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information Inc. What do the following activities have in common? Building a bridge…...

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Elicitation Techniques: Obtaining Business Secrets

by Judith Binder, RBSC Corporation “The next best thing to knowing all about your own business is to know all about the other fellow’s business.” (John D. Rockefeller) “Loose lips sink ships.” (WWII...

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Professional Skepticism: Essential Equipment for the FutureReady Business...

By Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information As an information professional working in business research, I know that the quality of the decisions that our clients make based on our work – and thus our...

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Book Review: The Information by Gleick

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick: A Review by Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information Inc. What possible limits can there be when the subject is a history of Information? The...

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Crowdsourcing: Are a Thousand Heads Better Than One?

by Judith Binder, RBSC Corporation Although the practice of crowdsourcing isn’t new – interviews, focus groups, customer feedback, and surveys have been around for decades – Jeff Howe first used the...

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‘Don’t Worry, Google Docs has it’: Libraries and the Implementation of Cloud...

by Julianne Medaglia-Kurtz, TD Bank While the phrase ‘cloud computing’ is gaining in popularity, the technology has been around longer than we realize. Back in 2009, librarians at Ohio State University...

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Where Art Thou, Motivation?

Happy Friday! Imagine the conversation at the actual water cooler for a second. Hey Sally, where have you been the last few days? Oh hi, Ted! I was just at the most inspiring conference ever. I...

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Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto by Gawande

The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right (Every Time) by Atul Gawande: A Review by Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information Inc. What do the following activities have in common? Building a bridge…...

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Elicitation Techniques: Obtaining Business Secrets

by Judith Binder, RBSC Corporation “The next best thing to knowing all about your own business is to know all about the other fellow’s business.” (John D. Rockefeller) “Loose lips sink ships.” (WWII...

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