‘Social’ IT Management – Part 2

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Vaughan Merlyn

In Part 1 of this series on ‘Social’ IT Management, my esteemed colleague, Roy Youngman and I discussed the inherent complexity of the IT management function, and how a more ‘social’ and emergent approach can represent a better way to manage IT.  In Part 2, we will briefly discuss the types of things that could [...]

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When Words Just Don’t Cause Change

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Vaughan Merlyn

I was in a heated ‘discussion’ with a client recently.  We had completed an IT strategy refresh and one of the outstanding items was to review their IT Principles.  The IT leadership team had come up with some candidate new Principles, and I was being asked if I thought they were appropriate. “What Will You [...]

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The Accidental Project Manager

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Vaughan Merlyn

Some IT organizations invest a great deal in the processes and disciplines of Project Management.  As well they should – much of an IT Organization’s work is performed through projects. Various approaches are deployed to bring consistency and effectiveness to Project Management disciplines – Centers of Excellence (CoE), Project (and Program and Portfolio) Management Offices [...]

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The Realpolitik of Business-IT Convergence

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

For some reason, I get much more commentary about my posts via personal emails than by direct commentary.  There’s something I quite like about that – it feels more personal when someone takes the time to send an email about a post.  On the other hand, the emailed comments are often illuminating and deserve a [...]

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IT Organizational Implications of Cloud Computing

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

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 [...]

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So, You Think You Understand How to Motivate People?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

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 – [...]

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The “Six Month Rule” of Organizational Change – It’s All Personal!

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

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 [...]

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Back From My Sabbatical – with Lessons from Rock ‘n’ Roll!

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

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 [...]

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Crowdsourcing Organizational Change: A Collaborative Approach to Leading Change

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

In the first post in this series, I provided some brief context for ‘change leadership’ (a term I find more apt than ‘change management.’)  I also introduced a caveat about linear, sequential, ‘programmatic’ change methodologies and briefly discussed the emergence over the last 15 years or so, of a more organic and emergent view of [...]

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Influcencing Change In Your IT Operating Model

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Vaughan Merlyn

My last post, “Business-IT alignment – The Relationship Dimension” drew some interesting and even passionate commentary.  In particular, one frustrated commenter (someone in a Relationship Management role) pleaded, “What should I do? How can I influence to bring the necessary changes?” I’ve posted numerous times on aspects of Organizational Change Management (see link for examples) [...]

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