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Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi  Roger Cressy is a fascinating guest, unlike any other we’ve had.  His jobs have spanned from retail management (yup, a department store, a really nice one – I’ve been there…

It’s a Book, It’s a Podcast Episode, It’s Kismet A bunch of geeks (native born, immigrants; Americans all) interviewing an Australian and a New Zealander/Australian/American (it’s complicated) set Yr. Obt. Svt. to immediately think of…

Why is Yr. Obt. Svt. not part of this podcast? Aren’t you glad I’m not? The Culture Clash series has – from the feedback we’ve heard – been well received. Thus far it’s been Americans…

Our guests, conferences, and we’re much the same but really quite different The second in EPM Conversations’ Culture Clash series features two guests from Latin America: David Blanco and Belen Ortiz. I know both from…

Culture Clash Series The performance management world is broad.  Those who practice within it are wide in skills, dispersed in geography, deep in talent, and – in general – all jumbled together.  Your hosts are…

Selectively extroverted Celvin and Yr. Obt. Svt. struggled over recording this podcast in two ways.  Firstly, talking about ourselves:  no matter what you might think about geeks with blogs, presentations, books, and yes, this podcast,…

Sree Menon, The Calc Man Many years ago (just over 10!), Yr. Obt. Svt. wrote a blog post on why he Hated and Loved Calculation Manager. I even did it twice. I am – oft…

Natalie Delemar and I – as with so many others in the performance management space – first met Elizabeth Ferrell at a conference, in this case ODTUG’s Kscope. Elizabeth’s path to her current job, focus,…

As Everyone Knows, But Hardly Anyone Actually Does One of my fondest recollections of Kscope (umm, one year or another, they all blend together after a while) is sitting in on Kumar’s introduction of Exalytics…