“Tactical responses is all you can manage?? I need a strategy!!” I’ve heard this expressed more times than I’ve shaved with my other hand! (see my post on “Changing hands to effect change“) Often shot across the desk, meeting/boardroom table, partition, water cooler, etc, at an audience that nods agreeably whist thinking “What does he/she […]
Category Archives: Doing the right things. .right!
To handle change..change hands!
A short story about a way to deal with large-scale change in IT. Actually it applies equally in technology, organisations, business and life in general. I have a saying : “If you can’t change the view, change your perspective” (Very) late last year I took time to reflect on the year that was and think […]
Your private cloud may be closer than you think!
We need a private cloud capability! How many times have your heard this? The truth is, your cloud maybe closer than you think! If you have a mature platform virtualisation environment you are more than 50% of the way to having your cloud capability! (And perhaps also some good examples of vendor lock-in!) By mature, I mean, a […]
James Altucher’s cheat sheet on establishing a new service (business)
In this post, James seems to make the complex seem simple. Some excellent points that challenge the standard business approaches when they are applied to startups and small to mid-size, agile, service delivery organisations. Could it be that many of these apply to the mega-corp?