IT Human Capital as Competitive Advantage

November 17, 2007 by 5 Comments
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  • http://www.quickplannerplus.com matsonian

    I feel the biggest failure in strategic planning today is the lack of efficiency in the process… from idea to implementation. It strikes me as being similar to the Golden Gate bridge… by the time the crew finishes painting the bridge, it is time to start all over again. Organizations who want a successful plan not only need to consider all potential impacts, of which technology is truly the 800 lb gorilla in todays world, but also the living breathing flexibility of th eplan. In developing QuickPlanner Plus, our first step was to ensure that all plans developed with this program could achieve living, breathing, realistic results and be flexible enough to change when necessary.

  • http://ericbrown.com Eric Brown

    Thanks for your comment. I like your analogy of the Golden Gate bridge…very insightful.

  • http://i4cp.com Human Capital Guy

    IT human capital is a huge asset. My ex company wouldn’t even allow us in marketing to announce new hires as the demand is so competitive for quality talent.

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  • http://www.realassetmgt.com Fixed assets

    So true. Companies are usually so obsessed with their fixed assets in IT that they stary believing these are more important than their human assets. This is especially true in the recession where businesses are laying off experienced IT staff and replacing them with cheaper graduates – but they end up realising too late how much they depended on those great people. Will def come back to the full PDF when I get some time!