Thought on Intaxication

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Posted on the July 13th, 2008 under Uncategorized by Gregory Yankelovich

TAX Intaxication - euphoria at receiving a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

I finally got my family refund check, but euphoria of intaxication only lasted for a few seconds this time. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that IRS mailed two notifications of this check coming, spending around $145M a pop in mailing costs, and reminded to me why I hate a notion of paying taxes on the first place.

Being of economical persuasion, I regard money as a form of energy and I hate any waste. The rate of governmental financial entropy completely destroy any communal instincts I may have, and make me think of taxes more as of an extortion than my contribution for betterment of my community.  

It pains me to think that there are so many simple, more informative, and less expensive ways our government could communicate to us about status of this stimulus process if  only…

Well, now it gets dangerous, perhaps it is a time for detax.

Innovation and execution

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Posted on the July 7th, 2008 under Change Management, Enterprise Software, Organizational Transformation, Value of BPR by Gregory Yankelovich

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It appears that an average human brain has difficulties to hold on to a concept or idea for a period of time that is a long enough to see that idea or concept materialized. Since we are constantly bombarded by never ending stream of information, many have a propensity to develop intellectual ADHD. The idea of concentrating on “One Thing” as a secret of happiness and success is widely propagated in popular culture, but in business reality it does not often generate profitable quarters.

RE: The magic of low hanging fruit

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Posted on the July 4th, 2008 under CRM, Change Management, Organizational Transformation by Gregory Yankelovich

I am a big fan of Seth Godin’s Blog. The brilliant post, which inspired me to write this, is named The magic of low hanging fruit.

It’s way more profitable to encourage each of your existing customers to spend $3 than it is to get a stranger to spend $300. It’s also more effective to get the 80% of your customer service people that are average to be a little better than it is to get the amazing ones to be better still.