...a leader yourself, can you do about it in your organization? Here’s one place to start: Stop reading the Harvard Business Review. This will save you time and money, and...…
...a transaction … but if you win it through intimidation you damage relationships you might need to rely on later on in your tenure, when you need allies and not...…
...they do complete your questionnaires, curate the daylights out of the information they provide. Version is data. Currency is information. You should include in your technical architecture database how current...…
...distribution center)? Any time your company puts its reputation in the hands of another company, make sure your systems communicate so you know there’s a problem before your customer knows...…
...true for the projects that result in so-called “shadow IT” — the information technology that happens without IT’s direct involvement. And because it’s shadow IT, the folks who ask for...…
...to stand while you get your bearings and plan your strategy. At best. At their worst they stereotype you as cannon fodder — trustworthy, reliable, and useful, but ultimately disposable....…
...opinion to yourself. Before I go on, a suggestion: Rip out the mission statement you have and replace it with something prosaic and clear, like, for example, “We provide information...…
...where we are, beautiful, breathtaking, or, somehow, inviting. But we can find beautiful, breathtaking, and inviting scenery in Iceland, too, not to mention just about every place on earth ever...…
What this country’s founders had in common was, more than anything else, the Enlightenment — an intellectual heritage that considered evidence and reason to be superior to faith, tradition, and...…
...isn’t self-explanatory, shadow IT is information technology implemented without the IT organization’s involvement or permission. You’ll find the case for encouraging it in “Stop stomping out shadow IT” (KJR, 9/4/2012);...…