by Buddy | Apr 29, 2013 | General, IT Transformation, Smart Sourcing
There is a chasm between the American model of “I disagree, you’re fired!” and the European model of “unless they break a law, we will pay them off to avoid a possible employment tribunal”. The model I was taught to use was the carrot and the...
by Buddy | Apr 9, 2013 | General
There have been considerable misconceptions and differing opinions even amongst the same communities as to the difference between the IT Director and the CIO “Chief Information Officer” role. Even though definitions differ from business to business, ego...
by Buddy | Apr 2, 2013 | General
I was bewildered after recently speaking with a few IT leaders who thought Google Glass was merely a gimmick. I can think of 100s of ways for businesses to greatly improve their quality, productivity and agility with these glasses. I recently did some work for a...
by Buddy | Mar 11, 2013 | IT Transformation, IT Transparency
During my time as a CIO, I made a point of completing an IT “health check” assessment once a year prior to making the short and long term strategic plans public. I did it to ensure that I did not lose track of my customers and kept my focus on what was...
by Buddy | Mar 4, 2013 | General
A majority of us were born prior to the mid 80’s and as such, the concept of a computer was foreign to us. Researching information was done in a library hunting through books found using the Dewey Decimal system or searching it on microfiche. We waited...