Pacific Life buying reinsurance block from Manulife | Insurance & Financial Advisor I IFAwebnews.com
Another article on the deal.
Pacific Life Buys Manulife Retro – 7/21/11
Success
Allstate Update – 7/20/11
Preferred Use Case – What’s Yours?
Seth’s Blog: Articulating your preferred use case (what’s it for?)
Every organization starts with a (usually unarticulated) use case. The founders imagine the best use of their product or service, the situation that they’re organized around. It can involve answers to the following questions:
How does someone find out about what you do?
How much do they pay for it?
When they’re engaging with you in the very best way, what happens? What’s accomplished?
What do they do after they use it?
How often do they return?
Ultraflex Jobs – The Next Big Thing?
Thought For Today – 7/9/11
A must read post from Tony Schwartz at the HBR Blog Network.
Pick Your Enemies Wisely
BBC Nature – Warring ants know their enemies
Take Home Lesson:
Pick your battles carefully. Adjust your response to the threat.
The Indentured Servant Class – 6/26/11
The New Indentured Servant Class
Most Workers Get Emails in Off-Hours From Bosses Who Expect a Reply
I don’t want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don’t want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Name the artist who wrote these lyrics and win a free white paper.
The white paper can be on the topic of your choice. Only one white paper will be awarded.
Free Expert Advice
Free Small Business Software Alternatives
A couple of years ago I drafted a consulting proposal for a bunch of investors interested in starting a new life insurance company. The investors didn’t want to spend a lot of money on infrastructure, so I drafted a proposal that emphasized outsourcing and the use of cloud based software services that were either extremely low-cost or in some cases, free. I wrote:
The creation and implementation of a low-cost distributed collaborative workforce offers the new company an additional distinct competitive advantage in the industry… The new company will not be constrained by legacy systems, outdated processes, or asset quality issues. We will create an administrative infrastructure built upon low-cost world-class services furnished by companies with a proven track record of success. This simplified example shows how quickly and inexpensively a customized group of outsourcing partners can be assembled to provide core administrative services for the new company.
Since that time I have wanted to update my list of free software services but now I don’t have to. Stephen Murphy of getbusy media wrote a great little article which can be accessed though the link above. The other link is just something else I’ve been playing with.
And for the curious, no I did not get the gig two years ago.
Thought for Today – 6/15/11
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”
W. Edwards Deming
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