“We don’t,” my client explained, “want to be in the data center business. It’s a common negative want shared by IT and business management alike in many companies, especially in...…
...the way it’s supposed to work. The brain needs this mechanism because the body is way too complicated for the brain to directly monitor all of its components. So instead...…
...few levels and see how the same situation plays out at the executive level. CIOs have griped for years that company executives don’t want to understand technology, don’t want to...…
...very well. Imagine you have a great idea, or bump into one and like it. You think the idea should have a happy home in the organization you work in....…
...compensation: This is the magic buzzword for the annual bonus. It’s called “variable” compensation because it varies each year depending on how each individual employee performed that year. Variable compensation...…
I won’t stoop to an Anthony Weiner tie-in. I won’t stoop to an Anthony Weiner tie-in. I won’t I won’t I won’t I won’t … Oh, hello there. Welcome to...…
...the time that elapses between an average item entering the function as an input and the time it exits as an output, and throughput, which tallies how many completed items...…
...from every radio talk-show host, every television commentator, and a lot of print columnists. So here’s my question: If every radio talk-show host and television talking head complains about the...…
...progress. Extending the metaphor, go after low-hanging fruit and you’ll find you’re clutching a lemon in your left fist and a tree branch in your right, all while you’re trying...…
...formulation I introduced in “Secretive solutions,” Keep the Joint Running, 9/3/2007. 3-1-3-4, you’ll recall, stands for 3-year vision, 1-year strategy, 3-month goals, 4-week plans. The 3-year vision and 1-year strategy...…