Posted on August 26, 2009 by itorganization2017
I just came across a new blog called Simple Processes, and I’m sufficiently impressed to add it to my Google Reader, to my blog roll, and to use this post to point my readers to it. In his current post, Glenn Remoreras discusses the achievement of the highest level of process culture maturity. This is [...]
Filed under: IS Management, IT Management, IT Maturity, Key Frameworks | Tagged: Enterprise 2.0, ITIL, Business-IT Maturity, IT Maturity | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2009 by itorganization2017
IT organizations are complex beasts – both in terms of the number of moving parts with their many subtle relationships and in the more scientific use of the term – as in complex systems theory. Mastering 3 Fundamentally Different Value Propositions IT Organizations have to deliver day-in, day-out on three very different value propositions: Operational [...]
Filed under: IT Infrastructure, IT Management, IT Maturity, Next Generation Enterprise, Next Generation IT, Web 2.0 | Tagged: business-IT convergence, Cloud computing, Complex adaptive system, Complex systems, Systems theory | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 24, 2009 by itorganization2017
There’s an old maxim in management consulting – “Meet your clients where they are – but know where you want to take them.” This is usually easier said than done! Management consulting is inherently dysfunctional. Clients often bring in consultants because they know they need to change. The act of bringing in a management consultant [...]
Filed under: Change Management, IT Management | Tagged: IT leadership, Management consulting, Organizational change | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 5, 2009 by itorganization2017
Executive Administrators (EA’s) are typically a very important resource for consultants. They can provide (or prevent) access to busy executive schedules, to conference room facilities and all sorts of otherwise “hidden goodies” that can make the consulting experience smoother and more effective. (“This is where the special coffee is kept!”) Many of the client engagements [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2009 by itorganization2017
There was a lot of press last week about the JK Wedding Entrance Dance video that posted on YouTube and went viral – amassing almost 16 million hits since posting on July 19. But That’s Not The Real Story… Much has been made of Sony‘s reaction to the fact that the wedding entrance dance was [...]
Filed under: General, Web 2.0, social networking | Tagged: agility, Chris Brown, Content management, Copyright infringement, Sony, Web 2.0, YouTube | Leave a Comment »