There are many critics of strategic planning and rightly so. A strategic plan that does not become inter-woven into the culture of an organization can be extremely damaging and, quite frankly, a complete waist of time. An organization can start down the road of a strategic planning exercise, develop[...]
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September 26th, 2011 - 9:34 am § in General, Management
When Strategic Planning Isn’t Very Strategic
June 3rd, 2010 - 12:22 pm § in GIS, Management
Let’s call it “PT” rather than “IT”
It's easy to forget that people are the most significant component of an IT implementation. In fact, people are the key to making any system implementation successful whatever the supposed quality of the software, hardware or service that's been purchased. So much so that we should think of IT pro[...]
May 13th, 2010 - 12:04 pm § in Information Technology, Management
When minimizing risk hurts
Risk avoidance does not always lead to the best solution. By overemphasizing the potential risks associated with a proposed solution an organization may be missing out on opportunities to innovate and, often, provide a similar or better solution at less cost. [...]
April 15th, 2010 - 7:00 am § in Management
Know that you don’t know what you don’t know
When Donald Rumsfeld made his famous speech it sounded silly and ridiculous but what he was getting at was actually quite profound. Consider any management decision you might make; you usually make decisions based on the best available information (some people use dart boards but I’ll talk a[...]
April 6th, 2010 - 7:46 am § in Information Technology, Management
What is an IT Strategic Plan Anyway?
Quite often, IT Strategic Plans are nothing more than a list of projects that are going to be undertaken in the coming years. A true strategic plan is set in context of business performance and links projects to specific objectives. Resulting outcomes are measurable and, in the IT context, not nec[...]
March 22nd, 2010 - 1:05 pm § in Management
Even Now I Still Make Mistakes
Making mistakes is part of life but often we can be quick to look to other places for the reason mistakes happened. It is important to understand the role we play in mistakes before pointing fingers and so mistakes can become learning opportunities and our own credibility is maintained. [...]
March 12th, 2010 - 1:25 pm § in Management
Motivate Your Kids With Poker Chips
Kids can be a wonderful teacher of how we should treat each other. Here is a short story about how I found a way to motivate my son that is a lesson creating rules that are not flexible.[...]
January 26th, 2010 - 11:28 am § in Management
Do you have time to be a leader?
A nurse friend of mine told me the other day about receiving an invitation to be recognized for her 25 years of service in health care. The invitation included a website where she would register to attend an awards ceremony and choose a commemorative gift. Despite the well meaning effort, the pr[...]
