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You Can’t Run IT Like A Business (except Maybe You Can …)

Well-intentioned IT leaders, and their functional peers, want to apply run-like-a-business concepts like customer satisfaction and value creation to the operations of shared service functions. If we can describe things with the same words, we can apply the same fixes. But it's a bit tricky to restate things in a meaningful way...

Accelerate Innovation with a Simpler Budget Approach

Organizations are desperate for innovation, but these are still investment choices that require complete and credible data to enable the right decisions. Developing a simple standard for characterizing all costs will accelerate decision making.

How to Overcome Three Tough Challenges for Enterprise Collaboration

Many enterprises find it difficult to sustain active collaboration environments that match the fervor of their internet-based inspirations. In this article, we look at three root cause challenges, and how the right Leadership moves can deal with the challenges and realize the benefits.

Central vs. Decentral IT: Examples of Current Business Cases

Considering a change to a centralized or decentralized IT organization? Here are five real-world stories of companies making a change - there is no one obvious choice, it hinges on culture, value creation - and willingness to change.

The Last 5 Minutes: Digital Innovation When You Aren’t Expecting It

Breakthrough ideas often emerge at the very end of a focused conversation - as an afterthought, an "oh, by the way", just "one more quick thing" that slips out just when you thought it was time to go. The first in a series - real stories of breakout ideas and insights that happened in the last 5 minutes of the meeting.

Resistance to Digital Change: The Fear Factor

11 December, 2019
Internet of Things, Purposeful Innovation
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Digital Products and similar initiatives are stalling in many companies. A root cause is "fear of the unknown" - here are some ways to recognize the symptoms and pivot to overcome these fears.

An Author’s Journey – The Decision to Self-Publish

Third in a series of articles on the creation of Don’t Think So Much. Self-publishing is an innovative option - some thoughts on going it alone (versus finding a publisher).

An Author’s Journey – The Editor’s Harsh Bright Light

25 September, 2019
Communication, Publishing
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Second in a series of articles on the creation of Don’t Think So Much. Exposing yourself to the unbiased eye of your editor will be a humbling, but super valuable, experience.

An Author’s Journey – First, You Write a Book …

17 September, 2019
Publishing
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First in a series of articles on the creation of Don’t Think So Much. Start at the beginning ... you have to write the book ...

Don’t Think So Much … an Author’s Journey

There's a lot more to being an author than you might think; the start of a series on a self-publishers' first big project.