Technology, Strategy, People and Projects
“Steering your car via the gas tank”, when cost trumps strategy Quote: …the budget is not a strategy, it is not a means of leadership, and it is simply an allocation of resources that should support rather than set the direction of where we need to go. Data science is not enough. We need data [...]
“Because that’s the way it’s done” — should a founder listen? by @ASmartBear Quote: Do it your own way, but you’d better have your eyes open so you can address the special challenges you’re bringing on yourself. Once you buck “Their” wisdom, you can’t rely on “Them” when you get yourself into an unusual pickle. You’ve [...]
Be Vulnerable – Feld Thoughts Quote: The great leaders I know are vulnerable. Maybe not to everyone, maybe not all the time, and maybe not in all contexts. But the allow themselves to be, simply, themselves. Human. They allow others in. They know they can be wrong. They know they can fail. And they know [...]
Placing Strategic Bets in the Face of Uncertainty – Roger Martin – Harvard Business Review Quote: Strategy means making the best possible choices you can make today and then being responsive when the bets do or do not come in as hoped. In essence, the strategist says “this is what I think will happen,” watches [...]
Bridging the Chasm Between IT and the Business Quote: The future has to be one in which the massive tensions that exist between IT and the business unit are resolved – companies that find ways to meet the needs of both sides of the divide help to move the discussion from one of risks, problems [...]
Ideas are the Core of a Leadership Philosophy Quote: Great leaders lead, with ideas, not through positional power, authority or command. Ideas have significant power to shape the future of people, organisations and even nations. Ideas frame and form our understanding of the world. Ideas inform our beliefs and norms. Ideas drive our behaviour and [...]
Open data is not a panacea « mathbabe Quote: When important data goes public, the edge goes to the most sophisticated data engineer, not the general public. The Goldman Sachs’s of the world will always know how to make use of “freely available to everyone” data before the average guy. Michael Fauscette: Breaking “Things” into [...]
Amazon: Five predictions for 2013 | Internet & Media – CNET News Quote: Amazon, the e-commerce juggernaut, will likely keep steamrolling every category it can possibly deem relevant to its business strategy Digging In: Founders: Stop Pitching, Start Engaging Quote: Authentic engagement will get you a lot further than plastering your pitch everywhere. Build relationships–and [...]
Digital Strategy Does Not Equal IT Strategy – Mark P. McDonald – Harvard Business Review Quote: Having a digital edge matters. According to our research of more than 2,000 companies, firms with above their industry average levels of digital revenue outperform their peers. They grow faster. They have higher net margins. They are more capital [...]
McKinsey Report Highlights Failure of Large Projects: why it is better to be small, particularly in IT Quote: Its time for CIOs to offer a different answer that goes beyond ‘value assurance’ imperatives that boil down to the recommendation to do large projects better. Creating technology-intensive business transformation is everyone’s responsibility and an area where [...]
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