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        How to network effectively - 7 tips

        Most people hate networking , 7 tips:

        1. Always Give

        When you first meet someone, give them something without asking for anything in return.

        Could be vacation advice you know they’ll appreciate. 

        Or a Linkedin connection to someone they’ll find valuable.

        Don’t wait for someone to give you something. Always give First.

        2. Focus on Them - nothing about yourself

        When you’re networking, focus on the other person and what they want.

        Ask them questions about:

        • their lives

        • their work

        • their vacations

        Don’t talk about yourself.

        3 .Offer Help

        Maybe you don't know what to give. When you meet someone, 

        ask them how you can help them. If you see a problem they’re having, 

        ask how you can help solve it, in a humble manner.

        4. Follow Up

        Most people don’t follow up after their first touch.

        Don’t be one of those people. If you genuinely want to be connected to someone, 

        send a second message,  even if they never responded to the first.

        5. Don’t Keep Score

        When you help someone,  don’t keep track of how many times you help them. 

        Spend that energy helping someone else. Just be generous because you want to be generous.

        6. Be Patient 

        Networking takes time. Don’t expect to meet your dream client , employer or connection overnight. 

        It takes time to build trust and relationships. Don't rush it.

        7. Everyone matters be a connector

        The intern or student who's invisible to most of the crowd. She gets a job at your dream company 9 months later and puts your name in for a job.

        Good thing you made her feel visible. Be a connector

        When someone's capability matches someone else's need — make the connection.

         

        Executives stop ignoring blockchain

        Blockchain has already started to revolutionize ways of doing business, but even CIOs aren’t totally on board, let alone the rest of the executive leadership team, in my opinion this is a huge mistake. You must start experimenting with one of your business processes.

        Startups and leading digital enterprises are nevertheless deploying blockchain to solve problems and create value that conventional, centralized technologies and processes can’t. On example, the cryptocurrency market is now worth around $2 trillion, and nation states and public and private companies own nearly $100 billion of Bitcoin alone.

        A tangible example is a local Montreal company called Shakepay,  a technology company that provides financial applications for building wealth. Canadians from all walks of life — college students to retirees — use Shakepay to connect with the digital economy built on the Internet.They started in 2015, and have had exponential growth, their successful business model has constantly been to create value for its customers . Scalability is how theyre business model expanded without increasing costs to the same extent. Software business models are naturally easier to scale than those based on physical values. The direct marketing approach is excellent , easiest way to buy digital assets using interac transfer and have a good customer service,  they give you a 30$ free bitcoin on first purchase of 100$ or more. 

        Here is the link if your interested and you will get $30 of free bitcoin on your first purchase:  https://shakepay.me/r/ZZPBYOK

        Im suspecting the finance industry is racing to catch up to these startups. Pension funds, insurance, banking want to compete in this new world and profit from it. Their approach will be two-pronged: experimenting with cryptocurrency offerings and lobbying regulators to create rules to officialize the space.

        I am so confident that assets will move to the blockchain because of the efficiencies and enhancements are just too substantial to be ignored even by large corporations like pension funds, banking and insurance as a way to retire in the long run their legacy systems.

        If interested to learn more some free Harvard courses that explain the different concepts of blockchain: http://tech.seas.harvard.edu/free-blockchain

         

         

        Be ready, 2022, will go faster & 4 measurable predictions

        Whether we like it or not, the world is rapidly moving into a technological era, and at an increasing pace. This is essentially changing how businesses are being operated and ultimately, how value is added for customers. In the past, digital transformation was a long process that often took years to achieve for companies due to the many complexities involved. However, nowadays, the shift can be made in a matter of months. This is the acceleration aspect of digital transformation.

        Here is some food for thought, These things or companies didnt exist on Christmas 20 years ago:

        1. IPhone
        2. Facebook
        3. Youtube
        4. Instagram
        5. Twitter
        6. Android
        7. Bitcoin
        8. TikTok
        9. Tesla
        10. Ipad
        11. Google map
        12. Netflix streaming
        13. Amazon Prime
        14. SpaceX
        15. Slack
        16. Skype
        17. Whatsapp
        18. AirBnb
        19. Uber
        20. Linkedin

        This digital transformation has become inevitable for all businesses, but the real question if you dont do anything about it and evolve, you will become extinct. These 20 companies or solutions disrupted and extincted many large cap companies.

        Embrace 2022, we’re entering a time period of exponential rapid change. 

        4 predictions for 2022

        1- To curb emissions and the pandemic showed that it wasn’t necessary to go into the office to be productive , Remote work will rule.

        2- Instead of  Zoom or Team calls, you will interact with coworkers and clients in a virtual environment  that feels real. The metaverse will offer new, exciting opportunities to people. It will be an enhanced work-from-home experience that makes you feel part of the team and not isolated alone in your apartment or home.

        3- Blockchain and crypto will go mainstream and companies will begin to embrace the integration with their legacy offerings. Cryptocurrency will be renamed digital assets.

        4- NFTs — digital tokens that represent ownership of assets and can be traded on blockchain exchanges — will start infiltrating the mortgage market, this will shake up our understanding and comprehension of home ownership.

        Wish all my readers a great 2022, filled with health, happiness and success.

         

         

         

         

         

         

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  • Test drove for the last 6 months Oracle Fusion Applications, they have achieved Incredible Things, 7 Pros and 2 Challenges of Fusion Applications.

Test drove for the last 6 months Oracle Fusion Applications, they have achieved Incredible Things, 7 Pros and 2 Challenges of Fusion Applications.

by Alex Antonatos
on 19 October 2018

As most of you know for the past 6 months with some individuals in Palo Alto,CA. I have been testing, educating myself on the next generation of Oracle applications called Oracle Fusions Applications. What is Oracle Fusion Applications? It is inspired by the best of breed of Oracle’s application: Peoplesoft (HRMS), E-Business Suite (Financials), Primavera (Projects), JD Edwards (Manufacturing/Financials) and Siebel (Embedded analytics)

The question that everyone is asking should i stay on my current ERP or replace my systems with Fusion applications: (I must get an email every two weeks on this topic). Before i share my thoughts on this topic, let me share my experience for the last 6 months on the current version of the Fusion applications:

Pros

1)The response time is solid, look and feel is great.

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2) They have incorporated a configuration setup workflow that makes it much easier to configure your module. Above screenshot I logged in with Fusion Functional Setup Manager (FSM) this is a one- stop shop for all implementation activities from planning to deployment. FSM is a separate module product, who manages all setups and all the various branches of products groups. Fusion includes FSM to allow implementation by others than the IT department or consultants. This includes plenty of checklists and simplifies the job of the project manager to setup and monitor the setup tasks as identified by Fusion itself. (Functional setup much quicker and easier to perform!)

3) What I appreciated the most was the export setup data, this functionality also allows users to easily migrate configurations from one instance to another (Test/ Production), works great did not encounter any major issues.

fusionalexexportsetups

4) Oracle Fusion Architecture provides an open architecture ecosystem, which is service & event- enabled.

5) Current present day applications have been on proprietary tools like People Tools, Forms, which require niche skill sets to manage and maintain.

6) Fusion has been developed; with Open standards based technology and is built on re-known Oracle Fusion Middleware (ADF, JAVA, SOA, BPEL, WEB 2.0 etc).

7) Currently CRM and HCM families are the most popular modules of Fusion, followed by Supply chain management (SCM).  Below are all the family products:

 fusionapplications

Where does PeopleSoft, EBS, Primavera, JDE and Siebel go from there? All these ERP’s had released a major version after the announcement of Fusion GA(General Availability), and there's no end in sight for future support(I guess until 2020). In fact, I think Oracle has good reason to keep these Enterprise systems going, even with Fusion now as an option.

I don't think Oracle is in a rush to try to get people to move to Fusion. PeopleSoft, EBS etc...They are very profitable business for them.

If you just look at PeopleSoft are far more profitable than Fusion precisely because the latter is so new. The dilemma for customers is when to opt for innovation over stability.

Oracle Fusion implementation can be done in 4 ways by

  1. Upgrading—Replacing an existing Oracle Applications instance with a new release (either a currently installed Oracle Applications version or Oracle Fusion Applications)
  2. Reimplementation—Treating an existing Oracle Applications installation as a “legacy system” and implementing some components of a live Oracle Fusion Applications installation or an entirely new Oracle Fusion Applications installation
  3. Coexistence—Adding Oracle Fusion Applications solutions to a customer’s existing Oracle Applications solutions, rather than upgrading or implementing new solutions in place of existing solutions
  4. Migration of data—Converting data from one Oracle instance to another Oracle instance by using Oracle’s Open Interfaces API and other Oracle or third-party conversion tools

I am strong believer of co-existence strategy and architecture for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and Siebel apps and Fusion, for the following 3 reasons:

1- Risk mitigation, Fusion applications is still in my view a new product

2- You require revamping your technology skills within your organization to extend, maintain and support the various components of Oracle Fusion Applications here is my short list (A coexistence strategy can help you slowly adapt with the change of technologies):

  • SQL, PL/SQL, JAVA & java script
  • XML – Extended Markup Language
  • CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
  • XSL – Extensible Style sheet Language
  • ADF – Application Development Framework
  • JSF – Java Server Faces
  • Web Services
  • BPEL – Business Process Execution Language
  • AIA – Application Integration Architecture
  • Web Center
  • BI Publisher
  • OBIEE – Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Hyperion Essbase
  • WebLogic Server Administration
  • Oracle Identity Management

3- Most corporations have invested significant money in their current technologies, and will require a strong business case with facts and numbers on the added value of going to Fusion in a big bang approach.

Interest will remain high with Fusion applications and my predictions in the next 5-8 years everyone will be on Fusion similar model like SAP. Why 5-8 years? Most corporations require lots of inter connections to other systems (spider web architecture) and have invested in significant customizations to meet the corporations global business requirements.

My overall experience with the Fusion applications exceeded my expectations. Would appreciate to hear from clients and others that are live with Fusion.

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