...of the Competition (2008), also his blog, http://www.thephoenixprinciple.com/blog/. Hartung would have diagnosed Ford’s problem as “Lock in.” Hartung divides the “lifecycle river” of typical businesses into five stages: Wellspring, where...…
...over-and-over again in this space, in Leading IT: <Still> the Toughest Job in the World (under the headline “hire people, not resumes”), and by Nick on www.asktheheadhunter.com. The first: Employees...…
...http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/iacocca.asp. If, instead, you want his framework without a political essay attached, here are Iacocca’s alliterative “Nine Cs of Leadership.” Curiosity: Leaders need to know What’s Going On Out There....…
...press in Ed Foster’s gripe line, post items in our Forums on InfoWorld Electric (www.infoworld.com) and otherwise feed the liberal media conspiracy.) Anyhow …the Internet scares people. Commonly described as...…
...Item #2: In a recent editorial, BugNet (www.bugnet.com), made a similar point, demonstrating that problems from software bugs are 100 times more prevalent than problems from viruses. (Why the discrepancy...…
...out, the chance these comparisons having any meaning is pretty small. Even if it is true, it’s irrelevant. One reason: companies that focus on cost are doomed. Companies that spend...…
...company is a contestant. (Some, more bloodthirsty, see the marketplace as more of a coliseum and their company as a gladiator). Many other executives are mechanics. Mechanics think of the...…
...enterprise client/server DBMS (computing function) and DB2 (platform) as your DBMS for host-based computing (computing function). Some platforms provide computing functions used by other platforms. You may, for example, use...…
...don’t think about compensation in terms of incentives and rewards. They think of it as the company’s loudest and most sincere voice when it comes to expressing its appreciation for...…
In 2007 I wrote about forming the Competence Party. I’d have loved to do it, and would have if only I was competent to form a political party. I think...…