Groupthink: the danger of compromise

Life is about making hard choices, not ducking the issues. Groupthink makes it harder for us to choose properly; it is a delusional process that exploits the members of a group and costs organizations dearly.

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You have probably experienced groupthink during meetings and may have fallen into its clutches occasionally; perhaps despite fairly strong feelings or personal Continue reading article »

how do you deal with an ambush?

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So how do you deal with an ambush?

What do you do when you are in a meeting and someone suddenly springs a ‘surprise’ that has obviously been carefully planned but deliberately concealed from you and your colleagues?

Of course everyone knows when there is a bushwhacker in the meeting room – the dead give-away signs Continue reading article »

giving iT all away

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making iT simpler

The devil’s guide to iT is for people who want to make iT simpler. Here you will find valuable insights and amusements to ease your iT pain. The guide caters for everyone, expert and novice alike, regardless of whether you: use, run, buy, sell or make iT.

The CIO is dead, long live the CIO

Hard times call for hard thinking, supplemented by effective action. Achieving and sustaining our future relevance in the currently turbulent economic context will need a radical new approach to the way we deliver value to our enterprise stakeholders.

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A good first step would be to scrap the role of Chief Information Officer and create a genuinely Continue reading article »

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