Donna Fitzgerald

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Reflections on Around the World in 32 Days

by Donna Fitzgerald  |  January 14, 2011  |  1 Comment

As many of you know October and November are symposium months and this year I had the opportunity to the around the world circuit of Orlando, Cannes and Sydney.  It’s a well kept secret that sometimes these events are a bit of blur for the analysts and I am afraid I’m no exception.  I had [...]

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Thoughts on Impact of the Next Generation in the Work Force

by Donna Fitzgerald  |  September 17, 2010  |  1 Comment

I’ve been noodling the issue of how much of an impact the younger generation is actually going to make on the workforce and as you might expect I’ve come to a minority conclusion.  Most of the prognostication I’ve read are suffering from a fatal flaw.  The opinions of high school students and freshly minted graduates [...]

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Cutting to the Bone and then Some

by Donna Fitzgerald  |  September 3, 2010  |  4 Comments

As part of the “new normal” everyone is redefining how things get done in order to reduce the number of people it takes to do the work.  Normally I’d say that’s a good thing because I’ve always believe Robert Heinlein had it right: “Progress doesn’t come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men [...]

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