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Author Archives: Ian
Rating CIO’s–Who are the good ones? (part 1 of 2)
There are 4 classes of CIO’s. CIO’s that live off Gartner reports are good CIO’s 27% of the time 3 times out of 10. Their strategies read like an IT buzzword generator in an infinite loop and technology illiterate CEO’s … Continue reading
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Hiring an IT consultant–The importance of a contract
It does not have to be a 500 page legal contract, signed under seal and notarized but both parties in a consultancy agreement need a contract. Without a contract it is like playing solitaire with the four kings missing. You … Continue reading
Ethics in IT Consultancy – Primum non nocere
If you are a Medical Doctor, medical ethics are taught to you, you pledge an oath to uphold them and the College of Physicians and Surgeons is there to remind you if your memory lapses with a peer-controlled disciplinary action. … Continue reading
CIO – How to Fix your IT Group
Think of your current portfolio of IT work as the Colorado River for a moment. Some projects are very close, others further upstream. Important “Operational” projects are at the surface as they are required to sustain current operations and other … Continue reading
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Tagged cio, cloud, dam, fix IT group, it backlog, it portfolio, it productivity, paas
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The perfect consultant – The Ambivert?
Most of us are not pure introverts or extroverts. We exist somewhere on the continuum in between the two polar extremes. The highest paid consultant in the world today is Alan Greenspan who charges $120,000 per day for his time. … Continue reading
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Tagged ambivert, characteristics of a great consultant, extrovert, introvert
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Consulting companies that “GET” the value message and those that don’t.
Bain a global management consulting company employs 5,000 people, generates $2B in consulting revenue each year and “gets” value. Their web page makes the audacious claim that Bain clients outperform the market by a 4 to 1 margin. Do you … Continue reading
What’s the cost of bad IT architecture?
Look closely at these two cruise ships. Except for the name and the funnel, they are almost identical. In fact they are sister ships both owned by Carnival Cruise lines. Also in common, they both suffered major incidents, both incidents … Continue reading
Why Microsoft could be the key to prevent and cure Cancer
Technology Post If you have not seen Richard Resnick’s “welcome to the genomic revolution” on TED you really should. It will inspire you and help you catch up with a medical revolution that will change the world and may just … Continue reading
Reality Bites in Consulting
An optimist, a pessimist and a cynic went into a restaurant. On the table waiting were three partially filled glasses of water. The optimist said “look my glass is half full! “and took a drink. The pessimist said “Look my … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting excellence, cynic, optimist, pessimist
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Does Your IT Vendor have their head in the clouds?
So why do clouds exist? The answer is that we always really wanted them but they are just now technically possible. Nobody ever thought that having as many servers as possible, geographically disbursed under people’s desks, unmanaged or mismanaged was … Continue reading
Infinite Shades of Grey 