Why you want an Australian Pilot: Lessons for Outstanding IT Leadership
Perhaps you are wondering what nationality or culture has to do with piloting an airplane? And how could piloting an airplane be similar to making decisions in an IT organization? For those of you who...
View ArticleJust about Time for Spring Break
It is just about time for spring break and given the significant number of new readers, I thought I would touch again on the key goals for this site and also touch on some posts and additions you may...
View ArticleGetting Things Done: A Key Leadership Skill
It is a bit ironic that this post has taken me twice as long to do as my average post. But while it is an important topic, it is difficult to pinpoint, of all the practices you can leverage, which ones...
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Achieving Outstanding IT Strategy
Developing your IT strategy should be based on a thoughtful, ongoing process. Too often, strategy is developed as a one time event (typically with consultants) or is a hurried episode following a...
View ArticleOutsourcing and Out-tasking Best Practices
I recently published this post first at InformationWeek and it generated quite a few comments, both published and several sent directly via e-mail. I would note that a strong theme is the frustration...
View ArticleRiding with the Technology Peloton
One of the most important decisions that technology leaders make is when to strike out and leverage new and unique technologies for competitive advantage and when to stay with the rest of the industry...
View ArticleBoth Sides of the Staffing Coin: Building a High Performance Team -and-...
I find it remarkable that despite the slow recovery the IT job market remains very tight. This poses significant hurdles for IT managers looking to add talent. In the post below, I cover how to build a...
View ArticleIT Security in the Headlines – Again
Again. Headlines are splashed across front pages and business journals where banks, energy companies, and government web sites have been attacked. As I called out six months ago, the pace, scale and...
View ArticleLooking to Improve IT Production? How to Start
Production issues, as Microsoft and Google can tell you, impact even cloud email apps. A few weeks ago, Microsoft took an entire weekend to full recover its cloud Outlook service. Perhaps you noted the...
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Overcoming the Inefficient Technology Marketplace
The typical IT shop spends 60% or more of its budget on external vendors – buying hardware, software, and services. Globally, the $2 trillion dollar IT marketplace (2013 estimate by Forrester) is quite...
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The Key Growth Constraints on Your Business
We have seen the accelerating impact of technology on a wide variety of industries in the past decade. We have witnessed the impact of internet shopping on retail industries, and seen the impact of...
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The Elusive High Availability in the Digital Age
Well, the summer is over, even if we have had great weather into September. My apologies for the delay in a new post, and I know I have several topic requests to fulfill Given our own journey at Danske...
View ArticleGetting Things Done: A Key Leadership Skill
It is a bit ironic that this post has taken me twice as long to do as my average post. But while it is an important topic, it is difficult to pinpoint, of all the practices you can leverage, which ones...
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Achieving Outstanding IT Strategy
Developing your IT strategy should be based on a thoughtful, ongoing process. Too often, strategy is developed as a one time event (typically with consultants) or is a hurried episode following a...
View ArticleOutsourcing and Out-tasking Best Practices
I recently published this post first at InformationWeek and it generated quite a few comments, both published and several sent directly via e-mail. I would note that a strong theme is the frustration...
View ArticleRiding with the Technology Peloton
One of the most important decisions that technology leaders make is when to strike out and leverage new and unique technologies for competitive advantage and when to stay with the rest of the industry...
View ArticleBoth Sides of the Staffing Coin: Building a High Performance Team -and-...
I find it remarkable that despite the slow recovery the IT job market remains very tight. This poses significant hurdles for IT managers looking to add talent. In the post below, I cover how to build a...
View ArticleIT Security in the Headlines – Again
Again. Headlines are splashed across front pages and business journals where banks, energy companies, and government web sites have been attacked. As I called out six months ago, the pace, scale and...
View ArticleLooking to Improve IT Production? How to Start
Production issues, as Microsoft and Google can tell you, impact even cloud email apps. A few weeks ago, Microsoft took an entire weekend to full recover its cloud Outlook service. Perhaps you noted the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Overcoming the Inefficient Technology Marketplace
The typical IT shop spends 60% or more of its budget on external vendors – buying hardware, software, and services. Globally, the $2 trillion dollar IT marketplace (2013 estimate by Forrester) is quite...
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