http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/ Trying to understand the intersection between business and technology Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:02:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Peter Evans-Greenwood Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:52:34 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-951 I've been known to use exactly the same tactic for the same reasons (not that I was hiding anything from the business :) ) I've been known to use exactly the same tactic for the same reasons (not that I was hiding anything from the business )

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-950 andymulholland Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:33:56 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-950 my own recipe to be a successful CIO is to have a hidden strategy with tactical delivery. Why hidden? because the board will not be interested or even understand it, so it must be achieved through tactical moves against immediate pressures and budgets. my own recipe to be a successful CIO is to have a hidden strategy with tactical delivery. Why hidden? because the board will not be interested or even understand it, so it must be achieved through tactical moves against immediate pressures and budgets.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Data Ubiquity Threatening Usefulness of Enterprise 2.0 « Dachis Group Collaboratory | Social Business Design Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:50:55 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-943 [...] invite you to an excellent post by Peter Evans-Greenwood (@pevansgreenwood) that talks about “The Price of Regret“. Building the big, scalable perfect solution in the first place might be more efficient from [...] [...] invite you to an excellent post by Peter Evans-Greenwood (@pevansgreenwood) that talks about “The Price of Regret“. Building the big, scalable perfect solution in the first place might be more efficient from [...]

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Peter Evans-Greenwood Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:17:56 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-908 I see it as a hangover from old school IT, where every problem was/is approached as a major engineering challenge. This used to be the right attitude, however the pace of business (and IT) has accelerated to the point that (as you point out) speed and agility to market are often more important than getting it right. Changing world views takes a long time. I see it as a hangover from old school IT, where every problem was/is approached as a major engineering challenge. This used to be the right attitude, however the pace of business (and IT) has accelerated to the point that (as you point out) speed and agility to market are often more important than getting it right. Changing world views takes a long time.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Nigel Walsh Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:14:31 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-907 what about the cost of doing nothing at all?. This is madness.. Nothing stands still, tactical solutions have their place in almost any problem in business and life. If we all strive for the perfect answer/solution - it assumes that the problem wont change either. Its simply unrealistic. Isn't speed to market & agility important? what about the cost of doing nothing at all?. This is madness.. Nothing stands still, tactical solutions have their place in almost any problem in business and life. If we all strive for the perfect answer/solution – it assumes that the problem wont change either. Its simply unrealistic. Isn't speed to market & agility important?

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Peter Evans-Greenwood Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:17:56 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-874 I see it as a hangover from old school IT, where every problem was/is approached as a major engineering challenge. This used to be the right attitude, however the pace of business (and IT) has accelerated to the point that (as you point out) speed and agility to market are often more important than getting it right. Changing world views takes a long time. I see it as a hangover from old school IT, where every problem was/is approached as a major engineering challenge. This used to be the right attitude, however the pace of business (and IT) has accelerated to the point that (as you point out) speed and agility to market are often more important than getting it right. Changing world views takes a long time.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Nigel Walsh Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:14:31 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-873 what about the cost of doing nothing at all?. This is madness.. Nothing stands still, tactical solutions have their place in almost any problem in business and life. If we all strive for the perfect answer/solution - it assumes that the problem wont change either. Its simply unrealistic. Isn't speed to market & agility important? what about the cost of doing nothing at all?. This is madness.. Nothing stands still, tactical solutions have their place in almost any problem in business and life. If we all strive for the perfect answer/solution – it assumes that the problem wont change either. Its simply unrealistic. Isn't speed to market & agility important?

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Peter Evans-Greenwood Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:49:28 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-871 You've picked up on what seems to be a common pattern at the moment: people and teams with such a great fear that major initiative won't deliver that they're terrified into inaction, spending their time in endless workshops and requirements gathering. You've picked up on what seems to be a common pattern at the moment: people and teams with such a great fear that major initiative won't deliver that they're terrified into inaction, spending their time in endless workshops and requirements gathering.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Rod Hamilton Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:35:08 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/11/26/the-price-of-regret/#comment-870 Completely agree... And one might say that the 'regret cost' of doing something tactical and it not working is a lot smaller than the 'regret cost' of spending truck loads of time and money only to find that the idea was never going to work anyway... Completely agree… And one might say that the 'regret cost' of doing something tactical and it not working is a lot smaller than the 'regret cost' of spending truck loads of time and money only to find that the idea was never going to work anyway…

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