It seems that I’ve been pulled into the storm that Martijn{{1}} started{{2}}, and as I live somewhere between the Enterprise 2.0 / Social Business Design […]
Continue readingThe myth of the inevitability of social organisations
In the rush for the new-new thing we’re confusing the means with the end. Business – as currently practiced – has been built around the […]
Continue readingThe Scoop: The future of software
Neill Rose-Innes (CIO @ Mortgage Choice) and myself are on Mark Jones’ The Scope this week. The enterprise software market is growing again as cloud […]
Continue readingHow to cope with an IT transformation
Once started, an IT transformation is hard to stop. Such huge efforts – often involving investments of hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars […]
Continue readingA prediction: many companies will start shedding IT architects in the next six to eighteen months
Business is intensely competitive these days. Under such intense pressure strategy usually breaks down into two things: do more of whatever is creating value, and […]
Continue readingInnovation [22-09-2010]
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. Fire and brimstone [The Economist] […]
Continue readingBusiness models for the old rules of IT
The old rules for enterprise IT{{1}} — the rules that have determined the nature of the enterprise IT market — has shaped the people and […]
Continue readingShort blog posts are cheese burgers
There’s some commonly accepted wisdom that good blog posts should be short and give you something to think about. The theory is that people are […]
Continue readingPlanning should not require a Gantt chart
There’s a standard slide in my bag of tricks which finds it’s way into a surprising number of presentations. It’s a simple slide, one allowing […]
Continue readingInnovation [25-08-2010]
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. The 50 worst inventions [Times] […]
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