Technology, Strategy, People and Projects
Don’t Let Strategy Become Planning – Roger Martin – Harvard Business Review Quote: To make strategy more interesting — and different from a budget — we need to break free of this obsession with planning. Strategy is not planning — it is the making of an integrated set of choices that collectively position the firm [...]
Facing Reality by David Brock on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog — Making A Difference Quote: Facing reality is tough. We may discover things we don’t want to confront. We may not be as strong as we had hoped we were. We may discover we need new skills to improve our ability to compete. It may [...]
As a consultant, its my job to help my clients understand their options. Its also my job to help them understand which of those options are best and which should be their focus over the near term (or long term). Sometimes, I’m paid to provide strategic options and then my client decides to implement those [...]
I’m a huge fan of Amazon. Over the years, more and more of my purchases have moved to Amazon. I’ve bought books, coffee, electronics, camera equipment and just about everything else you can think of. They have everything…and they are cheap too. Plus…..the whole free shipping (with prime membership) and no taxes makes it that [...]
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Note: I love technology…believe me I do. I just really liked this photo I Just finished reading Implementing new technologies for the right reasons over on the Enterprise CIO Forum. The article, written by Martin Davis of Canada’s J D Irving Ltd, provides a nice reminder in today’s technology driven world. [...]
CIO’s Must Make Enterprise Architecture a First Class Citizen by Mike Walker Quote: I wouldn’t necessarily make everyone use an architecture method as it’s not right for all problems. However, can we get people to think more like architects, yes! Can we get people to understand why we need architecture, yes! Can we get more [...]
In the IT world, we tend to take a single-minded approach to our technology platforms. We have email systems. We have web systems. We have HR and Finance systems. Many organizations are implementing collaboration tools and social tools in the enterprise. But…most organizations are implementing these platforms with blinders on without long-term plans for how [...]
Strategy…its a word that conjurs up a lot of images…some good and some bad. There are a lot of people writing and talking about strategy. There are tons of books. Lots of consultants and lots of material on the subject. There are many many millions of dollars spent each year on ‘strategy’. There are courses [...]
If you’re organization is like most, you’ve got a lot of legacy IT systems. Most of those legacy systems require a lot of maintenance. Most of those legacy systems need updates. In addition, you’re organization has a ton of ‘sexy’ projects that need to get done. Projects like integration of social platforms. Collaboration tools. New [...]
I had a conversation two weeks ago with a colleague who was taking over the social media, marketing and PR responsibilities for a small but growing organization in the consumer products industry. In this new role, my friend will be moving into a role of responsibility of all social media and engagement aspects for the [...]
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