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Empathy: Leadership Strength
“Who is the living food for the machines…- ? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood - ? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh - ? Let the machines starve, you fools - ! Let them die - ! Kill them - the machines - !” (Metropolis, 1927) This essay can be found on Substack here: Empathy as Strength - by John Chambers
May 71 min read


Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration
Essay can be found at this Substack link. Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration
Apr 301 min read


Give the People What They Want
Something else was not born yesterday -- the customer-centric enterprise.
Apr 221 min read


Program Management Head: AI Evolutionist
hen we forgot about our resolutions. They became perennial champ-wannabes at the bottom of baseball standings, discarded and ignored only after a month or two of a new season.
Not all resolutions can be safely hidden in procrastination.
Mar 296 min read


Nexus of Familiar to Unfamiliar
"If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path." Joseph Campbell* This article was moved to Substack here: https://jgcii.substack.com/p/nexus-of-familiar-to-unfamiliar
Dec 21, 20251 min read


TBM: Running your Practice, Part 3 -- Risk of Stasis
" The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. " Aesop's Fables We grew up and learned the adage, "Slow and steady wins the race.'' But in our digital environment we can't be slow. Was the lesson an anachronism? Not really. There's something deeper, at the heart of the fable -- beware overconfidence; don't lie down. Never be arrogant. That is time expended when it should be inve
Apr 5, 20216 min read


TBM: Running your Practice, Part 2 -- Levels of Maturity
Where do we stand now? Are we on the podium awaiting our bronze or silver or gold medal? Are we managing our Information Technology area...
Mar 11, 20214 min read


TBM: Running your Practice, Part 1 -- Structural Competency
“The best CIOs are GM’s of the most complex business within a business,” he said. And he was a terrific CIO. You’ll hear me often say that the best engagements are when consultants and clients learn from each other. They implicitly coach each other. That CIO’s quote is at the heart of TBM – Technology Business Management. The mindset of combined technical rigor and business orientation is the gut instinct for every leader and professional in the best firms, as they juggle mul
Mar 9, 20214 min read


IDC Tech Trends: Are you covering them?
The IDC 2021 IT predictions have been getting a lot of press lately. Per their usual, the insights are thoughtful, profound, and quite...
Nov 4, 20203 min read


Still Remote? Tomorrow, Next Year, Always?
Remote work is not
It is not a "pioneering"
Oct 20, 20206 min read