CIO as marketer
I just read a fantastic article from a newly discovered blog.
Mike Schaffner writes that…
It is generally accepted that CIOs need to “market” information technology inside a corporation to get other executives and employees to think of it as a strategic area of operations and not just a cost center.
What concerns me is that these marketing [...]
Does anyone know this joke?
A pig and a chicken are walking down a road. The Chicken looks at the pig and says “Hey, why don’t we open a restaurant?” The pig looks back at the chicken and says “Good idea, what do you want to call it?”
The chicken thinks about it and says “Why don’t we call it [...]
Agility as a hiring strategy
An agile organization is different. An employee that flourishes in an agile organization is different. The techniques for finding and retaining agile employees are different.
So first, what is agility?
Agility as a software development methodology is based upon a belief that it is impossible to demand certainty in the face of uncertainty.
There are many forms of [...]



