...receive part of their compensation as “at risk pay” (aka their annual or quarterly bonus). It’s a chunk of cash that depends in large part on the company’s financial performance...…
...because of the product itself. Nor are the company’s executives solely and uniquely competent to define company direction. As counterpoint: Two popular approaches to setting strategy are S.W.O.T. analysis (strengths,...…
...company’s … no, stop that! Not its esophagus. Its plans. The big three: Holding company: The whale bought your employer because it liked its products, services, ability to innovate, customer...…
...company’s brand, defined as the expectation customers have regarding what it’s like to do business with the company in question. Imagine a fine company like this … being brand mavens...…
...will outlive the current business strategy. The information life insurance companies collect on application forms is an excellent example. Because the company in question based its data-retention decision on current...…
...compliance. If compliance means a reduced ability to innovate, too bad. HIPAA regulators care about protecting patient data. The impact on creativity elsewhere in the company isn’t their concern. The...…
...Company Goals, Technical Architecture, and Human Factors. We also saw that companies have strategic, tactical, and operational goals. This week we continue, homing in on company strategy and what to...…
...technical architecture management (ETAM) and information security wear compliance hats, and sometimes the PMO as well. Because they’re compliance functions, making sure everyone complies is almost instinctual. That is, after...…
...in a quarter of the company’s new accounts — installed Act! on his company laptop in violation of policy. Which is the right answer: Firing his sorry behind? Or buying...…
...between the world’s failed communist economies and its successful capitalist ones? The communist bloc nations managed their economies centrally. Capitalist nations decentralized theirs. Most IT organizations look more like communism...…