by Sean Butler | Jul 2, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Delivery Methods, Organization, Sean's Blogs
Now, you may be asking yourself, “I already have an Enterprise Architect on the team, isn’t that the same thing as a Business Architect?” The answer is a resounding, “Kinda…but not really!” An Enterprise Architect is the same thing as a Business Architect in the way...
by Lisa Jasper | Jun 19, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Finance, Lisa's Blogs, Project Management, Strategy
Early in my career, soon after I switched roles from software development to technology strategy, I worked quite a bit on business cases and strategic plans related to technology investments. I wondered why some of the best ideas, with the best-written business cases,...
by Dan Weaver | Jun 11, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Dan's Blogs, Performance Management, Project Management
If you want your business to prosper long-term, history (and evolution) have taught us that you must (at critical points in time) transform in order to survive or risk wasting away into the lowly dust that the newer, more adept empires will build themselves upon. In...
by Dan Weaver | Nov 3, 2017 | Dan's Blogs, Productivity
I have never had a great memory. That is, except for a few random and pointless things that I can recall with great clarity for no particular reason. For example, I clearly remember when I was 12 my sister’s boyfriend telling me that smart people pressed “9-0” on the...
by Kyle Kidd | Aug 21, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Kyle's Blogs, Operations, Organization, Strategy
It seems like every time you turn around companies are consolidating. Whether it’s an outright acquisition or a “merger of equals,” companies believe that they can create more value by joining forces than by moving forward alone. The latest attention-grabbing...
by Michael Steinberg | Aug 9, 2017 | Productivity
Look over your to-do list and pick a task that you’ve procrastinated on for a particularly long time. Spend the next 15 minutes working on that task with focus, but without an expectation of completion. Tell me about your experience in the comments below. Yes, as one...
