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This YouTube video from ABC News highlights three companies (IBM, Accenture, and Crayon) and how they work in virtual environments. It shows one worker who works for IBM from his volunteer job as an EMS, another who “books space” like a hotel room to dock in for work at a company owned facility, and yet another who has meetings where they interact as characters in a virtual boardroom.
It’s truly amazing all the things that you can do without having ever met someone. My husband and I have been running our company for four years, and we’ve never met even one of our clients (I take that back…we have a few clients that we’d met already in person before we started doing business with them), or any of our employees in person. All of our work gets done either via email, instant messaging, or phone calls. This definitely isn’t your grandfather’s way of doing business.
You never would have known that the Wolverines were beat by an unknown school their first game of the season after watching them beat #10 Penn State today. Not only that, but they beat Notre Dame last week too. What gives here? Why is it that they were so unsuccessful at winning against teams like Appalachian State and Oregon, but so successful at beating historical powerhouses like Notre Dame and Penn State?
Michigan fans should simply call him a winner after his 153-yard rushing effort led the Wolverines to a 14-9 victory over Penn State and an early share of the Big Ten lead.
Michigan’s season changed the moment Hart guaranteed a victory over Notre Dame. The 5-foot-9-inch tailback later explained that he had said it as much to pump himself up as his teammates, and the effect has been a dramatic turnaround for the Wolverines.
Can a team be David and Goliath in the same season?
If you’re Michigan, the answer is yes.
The Wolverines won a Big Ten slobberknocker on Saturday, upsetting No. 10 Penn State 14-9. The catalyst for Michigan’s revival was running back Mike Hart. You want heart? How about a career-high 44 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown?
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand why 0-2 and misery have turned into 2-2 and hope for the Maize and Blue. They faced a quarterback who couldn’t run. It really is that simple. When Michigan’s defense has a stationary target to attack, Ron English’s crew can play the physical, grinding style of ball that has defined the Big Ten and Upper Midwest football for generations. Without a savvy, shifty signal caller around to frustrate and flummox them, Michigan’s defensive 11 flew around the Big House on Saturday, allowing not a single touchdown against an impotent Penn State offense led by much-maligned quarterback Anthony Morelli.
Whenever Joe Paterno’s team threatened to reach the end zone in a game where neither side held a lead of more than one possession, Michigan’s defense stood tall while Morelli fired red-zone blanks. The overall lack of speed on Penn State’s offense enabled dark-shirted defenders to keep plays in front of them and turn aside anything and everything that came their way.
I for one am glad that they’re at least doing something with their season. It was crushing to see them lose the first two games of the season. I’ve been a huge Michigan fan since I was practically able to talk (well, maybe that’s an exaggeration) but it’s definitely been a long time, and I always look forward to watching them. It sure did seem dim after those two games, but brightness definitely befalls my face now.