As production of the EMC 20/20 concludes, commencement ceremonies were held a few miles across the Hudson River at Old Main Quad on the picturesque campus of State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. Knowing full well the endless hours of probing and searching on Indeed and Monster awaiting them, graduates embraced the celebratory atmosphere upon reception of their degrees.

However, for Adam Secovnie, RJ Pisano, and Mike Papesca, that celebratory mood has continued to this day, thanks to their internship with the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center. With HVTDC, Adam, RJ, and Mike not only obtained hands-on training over the past year to round out their education, but they worked as engineers behind the creation of the EMC 20/20. Read more.

Management trends often follow a life cycle where once new concepts are widely adopted; organizations and individuals evolve their practices to ensure compliance, sometimes to an extreme level. The thinking goes like this: when roles and responsibilities and goals are narrowly enough defined, individuals can be held fully accountable for both compliance to agreed policies and processes and to the performance goals set for their own work efforts.

It sounds logical enough, for sure, but there are inherent performance risks once this trend begins. The design of every role, responsibility, goal and metric reflects insights and assumptions about the business environment and the overarching strategy of the organization. Unfortunately, both the business environment and organizational strategies inevitably continue to evolve, often at an increasingly rapid pace. Read more.