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Monthly Archives: September 2009
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
IT organizations have seen several changes – walls came tumbling down types of changes – over the last few decades. Here are a few as I remember them. Continue reading
In Our Systems We Trust
Why do we place so much faith in our software systems? Is it that we feel that they are without flaw, or that we are comfortable working around the flaws? Continue reading
Posted in Management, People / Talent, Process, Technology
Tagged defects, end user computing, EUC
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Leveraging Your Ecosystem for Better Peripheral Vision
In an IT organization, peripheral vision is needed. The technology field is moving too quickly and has too much business impact to be ignored. At the same time, the amount and degree of activity which is squarely in front of IT leaders demands a very large amount of attention. What is needed is a mechanism to give the IT leadership peripheral vision – understanding what is coming up on them external to what is capturing their immediate attention. Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process
Tagged Consulting, ecosystem, IT industry, publications
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Why Do People Work For You?
As a leader of your organization, you can shape your ecosystem. One of the hard parts of building out your ecosystem is determining your set of value propositions to your employees – or “why would people want to work for you?”. Recruiting for new people may cause you to think through your value proposition to fill a role. This is different however, than value proposition to your workforce as the focus is smaller and typically less lasting. Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, People / Talent, Process
Tagged ecosystem, recruiting, value proposition
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Heart and Soul of Your Ecosystem
The internal staff of the IT organization are far more than the people whose paychecks you sign. These are the people who form the heart and soul of your IT ecosystem. If you are at all like most other IT organizations, you will have some truly outstanding people on your payroll. Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, People / Talent
Tagged connections, ecosystem, relationships
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How Healthy is Your IT Ecosystem?
As we have all learned, in nature a healthy ecosystem benefits all involved. When any part of the ecosystem is in ill health, in time all other aspects of the ecosystem will suffer. An IT organization operates in a similar manner. When all aspects of the IT ecosystem operate in harmony it operates much more effectively and efficiently. Continue reading
