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Picture credit: mallix Twitter made an arbitrary technical change yesterday and at a stroke inadvertently broke their business value proposition. I won’t bore you with the technical details but the change destroyed the future of the phenomenal network effect that has propelled millions of people to join Twitter. The absolutely fundamental nature of Twitter has been the accelerated network Continue reading article » 
especially for those who still believe that iT and business alignment is a worthwhile ambition… What is managing strategy really like? How good are you at really managing strategy? If you are not sure, here’s a very simple test: Continue reading article » 
Are there lessons from the world of organised crime for the world of disorganised government? Sometimes the juxtaposition of two items in a news broadcast catapults my mind towards unusual targets. A report of yet another Government IT fiasco preceded a headline about mafia arrests in Sicily. My mind made the connection between the two stories: joined-up management. Too many IT people bemoan the fact that IT is struggling to be taken seriously as a strategic dimension in their organisation. Well, tough luck guys. IT isn’t “strategic.” Never was, never will be. If King Canute was around today, he’d be first in line to demonstrate the folly of trying to make IT strategic. |
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