I am very excited… like a school girl… you know I probably shouldn’t have written that, but from the comments and emails I get from my readers I know that 50% of you will show up just to see what I will say… that still doesn’t lessen the excitement. The Argument to Automate is almost done… My publisher has…

I love words and phrases and motivations. As a young man, (not that I am all that old) I used to listen to people like Stephen Covey, Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale… yep, I was one of those people.  I would drive people crazy with all of my motivational sayings; “You need a check up from the neck…

I was asked to speak at the IQPC’s P2P conference in San Diego. First of all it was rainy… yes, no perfect weather, but at least the conference was good. On Monday I led a workshop with 15 people about the 8 Pitfalls book. IQPC was generous enough to give me two-hours… oh no two hours…I was…

Last year when I was going to the IOFM AP automation conference my wife said, “There’s a conference for that?” then she said, “You should bring your book”. I introduced the book to this years conference and will be speaking on the topic this afternoon…. so yea – I am going to bring my book.…

Can you believe that title?  As most of you know, I have been helping companies automate since 2000. I can’t believe it has been 12 years and, in terms of middle market leveling automation technology (especially over the internet), 12 years is a long time. Here is the point (you are welcome); As part of…

I attended a national conference on AP Automation last year. The speaker wasn’t the greatest speaker, however she said something that stuck with me and I wanted to pass it on to you. She  said that so many projects (Automation included) start as plain vanilla and end up something other than plain vanilla. IT –…

Well it has been months since I have posted a blog… everyday I have thought about you all, but didn’t have the opportunity to sit down and write. Have you missed me (rhetorical?.  Have you yearned for my knowledge (really rhetorical)?  Well, what has kept me away so long is the completion of my second…

“Our middle name is service… but our first name is bad,” is the comment I heard at the Shared Services Conference in Dallas last week. Shared Services is a very interesting mix of consolidation, value,  cost reduction, help… but the thing that struck me the most is that Shared Services is a business within a business. Very…

Isn’t it interesting to reflect on those moments that stick with you throughout your life?  Most people remember the big events… wedding, births… their first balanced ledger.  It’s funny though how smaller situations can, for no reason, stick with you.  I have a lot of these. One that sticks with me is a bit of advice that someone gave…

Well – I am very excited to announce that I have teamed up with IFO – IAPP on an upcoming webinar series!  The great people at IFO – IAPP contacted me to see if I would be interested in doing an eSeminar on AP automation  (of course).  My joy of getting to talk with people who are interested in the…