Managers, are you prepared for your next position?

Dr. Arthur Langer who is the senior director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement at Columbia Uniersity has thrown out several analytic questions for managers and/or senior management people to assess how prepared they are to continue moving on to their next position, either inside or outside their current organization.

Here are the questions:

• Do you spend enough time with the business? (beside your own domain such as technical...)
• Who is your replacement? (are you trapped in your job because you do it too well?)
  
• Do you know your individual weaknesses? (do you have good staff that compliment your weaknesses?)
  
• Where is your organization vulnerable? (are you serious in continuous improvement?)
  
• Are you involved with corporate social causes? (which you can get more attention and value to the management)
  
• Are you involved with getting new clients? (are you playing a key role in driving major business opportunies?)

With these strategical questions entered your mind, you are more prepared to move on for your next higher position in your career.

Auspicious dates in 2010 for getting a baby

Here is the list of auspicious dates in 2010 for getting a baby (求嗣), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu.

The dates have good element(s) to embro/faetus. Traditionally, the dates are referred for conception planning (making love and expecting a baby to the family). Nowadays, people also make reference to them for Caesarian delivery of new born.

Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.

Related articles:

• Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2010
• Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2010
• Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2010
• Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2010 
• Auspicious dates for opening business in 2010
• Auspicious dates for renovation in 2010
• Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2010
  

ESRI Thailand Street Map (TSM) NT v10.0 EN / TH for Garmin is released

The ESRI Thailand Street Map (TSM) NT v10.0 for Garmin is released and available in both English and Thai language.

Enhancements in this version include:

• Added more than 1,000 images of new Junction View
• Updated approximately 500,000 Point-of-Interests (POIs) for the whole country that have been either opened and closed from the past year by actual field survey
• Added and updated about 10,000 kilometers of road data
• Added the exits in Highway Mode for major roads, not just the highways
• Added entrances and exits on major buildings and landmarks
• Added local voice navigation for all 4 regions of Thailand (for compatible devices)
• Added about 10,000 of new telephone numbers
• Improved map data quality
• Miscellaneous improvements

 Known issues to this version of TSM:

• Some of the functions including the address search, junction view, etc. only work in the Thai language version of the map.
  
• Searching for a place by using the “near…” button function might cause certain model of GPS to unexpectedly shutdown or reboot by itself