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Spark!

Spark. The sound of an idea coming to life. Once born, it will seek out other ideas and inspire people to build on it, growing into and morphing into many other shapes and sizes… Continue reading

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Hey CIO, How Are Your Sociology Skills?

A first blush sociology and IT may seem distant concepts. Over the last two years, these subjects and functions have had a head on collision. Some say for the better. Some say for the worse. Continue reading

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Where Are All the Tribes?

Over the last few weeks there has been no end to the drama which has been unfolding in the health care debates. Debates of course being a very generous term. What we are seeing is pent up outrage over what people believe they are going to lose, or not going to gain. If there is one thing we can all count on, as much as death and taxes, is that the more a group of people has to gain or lose, the more they will fight to capitalize or preserve their situation. In the case of the US health care reform / health insurance reform there are plenty of groups to “go to work.” Continue reading

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Physics of IT – The Forces You Bring With You

Achieving meaningful change is hard – and the greater the mass, or greater the force of headwinds, the more difficult it is to succeed. It begs the question of “what forces can we marshall to achieve the change we need?” Continue reading

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