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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


Give the People What They Want -- Customer Journeys are Customer Centricity
Something else was not born yesterday -- the customer-centric enterprise.
Feb 22, 20215 min read


Coming of Age, Recursive Adaptation
"Harvey was a very adaptable person, with a keen eye and ear for every face and tone about him." Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous In...
Feb 5, 20214 min read


Interviews and Seuss -- Mutual Transparency
And Sally and I did not know what to say. Should we tell her The things that went on there that day? Should we tell her about it? Now,...
Dec 2, 20204 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


The Day of the Dead; Remembrance of Acquaintance
Dia de los Muertos. The Day of the Dead. We arrive there after Halloween blows out its candle at midnight, after we shuddered in fear and...
Oct 30, 20204 min read


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


Two Weeks?!! Embracing Architecture within Agile
Two weeks -- the duration of most Agile sprints in companies today. It’s also the length of time that each reno phase was promised to Walter Fielding. Walter was the character that Tom Hanks played in the decades-old comedy The Money Pit. Trying to maintain sanity in their lives and their relationship, he and his partner Anna (Shelley Long) waded through the project from hell. "Two weeks?!!" Walter screamed in exasperation. Bludgeoned into reality, he found that “two weeks”
Oct 13, 20206 min read


Sharks, Cuts, and Fields... Inspiration for Digitization
"The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping…. get all the ingredients together, and you've got to...
Aug 10, 20207 min read

