Have we hit the peak for systems integrators (SIs) (just as we appear to have reached “peak oil”), and it’s all downhill from here? While […]
Continue readingBPM over promised and under delivered
One Saturday night the other week I was typing away on a book that I’m working on (probably called The new instability. How cloud computing, […]
Continue readingGood advice
There’s a few bits of good advice that I’ve stumbled across during my time, and which I’ve sprinkled in some of my posts. I thought […]
Continue readingIt’s effectiveness, and not ideas or execution, which is the strongest determinant for success
We’re told that execution is everything. While a good idea might be useful, execution is seen as the factor that will determine the success or […]
Continue readingOn the process of writing
I happen to have set that sentence down in the old, slow way by hand. If I had used a computer, I might have got […]
Continue readingSelling into the new whitespaces
Organic growth is a distant memory for many companies. Markets in the first world are mature and the whitespace they contain has already been claimed. […]
Continue readingHow should we measure out people?
We all know the old adage: What get’s measured is what get’s done. However, if you constrain your measurement of your employees’ performance to counting […]
Continue readingThe importance of taking time
Jeff Bullas has nice post on his blog called “Is this the future of books” about where publishing might be taking us. He’s less interested […]
Continue readingProblems and the people who solve them
Note: This is the sixth and final part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts […]
Continue readingWorld of Warcraft in the workplace
What does our organization look like when the middle layers are removed? How does a team form and establish it’s goals in a world where there is no middle management to do it for them?
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