...solutions. With IS and Marketing interacting with increasing frequency, the importance of appreciating diversity of thought can’t be overstated. Regrettably, that’s rarely where the conversation stops. Instead, team members commonly...…
...he combined two IT divisions into one following a corporate “merger of equals.” He’s a very bright guy, a strong leader, and a former consultant himself who’s taught me quite...…
...remaining in GE’s workforce; and (2) willing to work in such a chilling atmosphere. Second example: process management. Take a cowboy organization — one in which fierce independence reigns and...…
...chain of command is for giving work direction. If the only way Fred Smith can talk to Irene Jones is for Fred to first talk to you so you can...…
...The best I can do is offer a palliative: Whatever the controversy at hand, join a non*]}*-combatant tribe and follow its narratives. Ideally it would be a tribe that has...…
...held out “hopefully” as a particularly noxious step on the road to linguistic perdition. It means “In a hopeful fashion,” but it’s most commonly used in place of “I hope,”...…
...per second. Imagine your MPLS monthly bill for that kind of bandwidth. The truck wins by, you’ll pardon the expression, a mile. Fortunately, network engineers recognize that bandwidth only tells...…
...it’s IT’s responsibility, not because it’s “the right thing to do,” but for the simple and unavoidable reason that your other alternatives are worse. One of the most frequent items...…
...be, unless and until IT adds an integration platform to the mix. In most situations, then, a classic integration tangle isn’t technical debt no matter how big a mess it...…
...meetings with the cameras on, and availability for check-ins. Are we FedExing any gear to the address on the resume? It wouldn’t make sense to send it someplace else, would...…
