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picture credit: xiaming Many organizations suffer from undiagnosed premature evaluation. Decisions are made without adequate information, leading to unexpected costs and disappointment. We could mitigate the risk of premature evaluation by adding a new sign-off requirement to the business case for all new initiatives: a qualifying level of confidence in the quality of information supporting the proposal. Picture credit: doortoriver The productivity of workers in France continues to lead the Western world, despite a well-deserved reputation for leisurely lunch-breaks and incredibly frequent holidays. So should we all be taking lessons from the French? I think so. Awesome. No other word for it. I’m talking about the U.S. Government IT spending dashboard. For sure, the dashboard is clearly in the very early stages of development and a lot of the data remains to be populated/ developed – but it is more than just a stake in the ground, it is a benchmark for the future. Quite simply Continue reading article » Marshall Phelps has made billions of dollars for his employers and fundamentally changed the outlook of some very hard-faced businesses along the way. Burning The Ships describes how Phelps took the lessons he learned making a fortune for IBM and repeated the trick for Bill Gates at Microsoft. Readers of this book get a no-holds barred perspective of Marshall’s magic Continue reading article » Picture credit: watz Are aliens watching your enterprise? If not, I suggest that you get some pdq; because every organization can benefit from regularly looking at its operation through the eyes of “the man from Mars.” |
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