Control the Rider, Motivate the Elephant, Shape the Path

5/29/2013 - 4:49 p.m.

It May Be Time To Switch!

 

In the hit book, Switch, How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Chip and Dan Heath discuss how our minds wage war in a split between the rational mind and the emotional mind.  A great example they use is the person using the rational side of the mind wants to have a great beach body, while the emotional mind wants to grab the Oreo cookies.  These two systems create a tension that causes us to resist change.  The rational mind wants to make changes at work, but the emotional enjoys the comfort ...

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   Blog, Book Review

New Members of the Texas Sign Association

5/23/2013 - 6:57 p.m.

Cyrious Software is excited to announce its new membership with the Texas Sign Association. “Our membership will enable us to support the sign community in Texas through various education initiatives and event participation,” noted Dean Sharp, Sales Manager at Cyrious Software.  As an exhibitor at TSA’s Annual Conference and New Products Show in June, Cyrious will be offering product demonstrations of Control®, the company’s flagship product.  

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Cyrious Software Releases Enhancements for Pricing Tool Used for Offset Jobs

5/22/2013 - 9:30 p.m.

Baton Rouge, LA – The latest release of Control® offers additions to its offset pricing screens. Under Press Details, users can now select an option for perfecting, as well as indicate the grain direction for run sheets to maximize each run. Additional enhancements include: a field for paper utilization yield and paper display name.

 

Cyrious Software works closely with customers like Image Digital Print, to continually enhance these pricing screens.  “We’ve been using Control for a long time. Since the addition of the offset functionality, we have implemented Control in our Ottawa division. Its efficiencies enabled us to streamline our ...

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   News, Product Releases

There's a Question Behind That Question

4/22/2013 - 7:14 p.m.

Practicing Personal Responsibility: What really needs to change?

 

We’ve become a nation of perceived rights and if those rights are violated, we are quick to blame others.  This has never been more evident than in today’s business environment where if something goes wrong, we are quick to find fault--- usually in others.  We usually ask, “How could this happen?” and “Who dropped the ball?” and “Who’s going to solve the problem?”


But what if we were to stop and ask questions in a different way?  What if we could ask questions that would help us to ...

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   Blog, Book Review, Business Management

We're Texas Bound - See You at the NBM Show!

3/6/2013 - 7:10 p.m.

We've hit the road and are headed to The NBM Show in Arlington which starts tomorrow! Will you be there? Stop by Booth #214 for a personalized demo to see how you can get more done with Control. 

 

If you struggle getting estimates out on time, are unsure of your costs or fear every job isn't invoiced, Control can help.

See you in Texas!

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