Posted on June 30, 2010 by itorganization2017
First off, let me make myself clear. I firmly believe that Cloud Computing, in its various forms, is real, absolutely inevitable and will completely revolutionize the form and role of the IT Organization. Some readers will look at that sentence and laugh – it’s like saying “day will pass into night.” Obvious, beyond dispute, devoid [...]
Filed under: IT Maturity | Tagged: Next Generation Enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, IT infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Architecture, IT transformation, Web 2.0, organizational change management, business-IT convergence, IT governance, Cloud computing, Business-IT Governance, Business process | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 25, 2010 by itorganization2017
Time for a small gripe. I’m a huge Apple fan! But unfortunately, it’s not all good news! (Duh!) My wife bought a 20 inch iMac in late 2006. I bought the new iMac 27 inch earlier this year, and love it! I just added a MacBook Pro to my arsenal. And, of course, there’s the [...]
Filed under: Customer experience | Tagged: Apple (AAPL), Apple Retail Store, Apple Stores, Genius Bar, IMac, Macintosh, Windows XP | 6 Comments »
Posted on June 23, 2010 by itorganization2017
For this post I will do no more than point you RSA Animate’s remarkable adaptation of Daniel Pink’s presentation to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on motivation. I was taken by this video for a couple of reasons: For what it says about the science behind motivation – [...]
Filed under: Change Management, General | Tagged: organizational change management, Animation, RSA, Royal Society, Daniel H. Pink, RSA Animate, motivation | 7 Comments »
Posted on June 15, 2010 by itorganization2017
It is said, “All politics is local.” Picking up on that aphorism, I think it is equally true that all change is personal. So Much Known – So Little Followed! There is a substantial body of research and theory about organizational change management (OCM) dating back to the mid-50′s or even earlier. Most OCM findings [...]
Filed under: Change Management | Tagged: organizational change management, Organizational change, Add new tag, Change Management, OCM | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 10, 2010 by itorganization2017
I came ‘out of the closet’ with my post the other day about my somewhat hidden Dr. Jekyll existence alongside my more public Mr. Hyde life as a management consultant, research and author. While my Mr. Hyde is known for helping companies through IT and shared service transformations and for my blogerly musings on the [...]
Filed under: General, Performing Arts | Tagged: Abbey Road, Joey Molland, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 8, 2010 by itorganization2017
I’m pretty sure nobody noticed the fact that I was ‘off the air’ for about a month. And I’m certain that nobody cared! But I did feel guilty, and missed the satisfaction I get from blogging and from engagement with those that leave thoughtful comments or challenge my thinking. By way of explanation, I took [...]
Filed under: Change Management, Performing Arts | Tagged: collaboration, organizational change management, Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp, Add new tag, Abbey Road Studios | 8 Comments »