Steven Ballmer

SOME 40 percent of the 2,000 largest (non-printing) companies are using what’s called “Dashboard” software technology. That’s the estimate of analyst Keith Gile in a recent Business Week article. (Giving the Boss the Big Picture, 2/13/06). These include Steven Ballmer at Microsoft, Ivan Seidenberg at Verizon Communications, James Campbell at GE and Robert Nardelli at Home Depot. Why? “The more eyes that see the results we’re obtaining every day, the higher the quality of the decisions we can make,” according to Seidenberg. Well, what’s a “Dashboard?” Some new computer gizmo you’ve gotta have that’ll solve all your problems and make you rich? No way. You