...… Not what most industry commentators keep saying, over and over again. What it is: Two facts: Television shipments are in decline. Tablet shipments aren’t just increasing, but ten or...…
...translated to providing opportunities for promotions and the increased compensation that accompanied them. Sometimes it even worked that way. But in all too many companies it devolved into a transparent...…
...up growing one. In this respect, culture can make stereotypes real. Which gets us to the linchpin of combatting prejudice in your organization: As with most forms of change, it...…
...the capitalization wrong. Faced with a design compromise insisted on by management that’s clearly second-rate engineering, some systems analysts will complain to their colleagues about politics intruding on IT design...…
...power plant. With the technical part gone, handling the non-technical remainder (I bet you didn’t know application design, development and integration are non-technical undertakings) won’t require a separate in-house IT...…
...accurate information possible — the information I need to hear, not the information I want to hear. I will base my decisions on this information. The only time I will...…
...Their knowledge of the companies they lead comes from financial reports, information provided to them through the chain of command, and their memory of how things used to be when...…
...much time and effort to think fast, which is why it’s fast. But you can’t rely on its results, something you’d find out if you tried to get your friend...…
...with an SCD, commit to it. Do everything you can to make it succeed. If and when the company leadership changes, make it clear that you’re an implementer, not an...…
...use PCs. We identified three last week: increased personal productivity and effectiveness; improved communication; and streamlined core company processes. It’s certainly worth knowing the cost of increasing personal productivity and...…