When a large organization tells me that they have "confirmed their strategic position with research" I am immediately skeptical because that sentence doesn't provide me with enough information. I dig a little deeper by asking a not so simple question: Was this research conducted after you decided on your position or before? This question is important because when it … [Read more...] about Thinking Like a Strategist. Perspectives on Research.
Forecasting
The Tens: Don’t Trust A Futurist
For more serious insights on strategy click here. … [Read more...] about The Tens: Don’t Trust A Futurist
Six Cautions for IT in the Cloud Planners, or Why Bernard Golden is Wrong
CIO Magazine ran a story this week (July 29, 2010) on six predictions on how cloud computing will change IT, taking it from the hodgepodge of today's options into the smooth waters of a post-cloud world where IT only has one choice. Even the opening premise leaves me flat, because as we move to a post-cloud world, some other disruption will be on the horizon which will … [Read more...] about Six Cautions for IT in the Cloud Planners, or Why Bernard Golden is Wrong
Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Anne Arkie Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
This is the last installment of the Enterprise 2.0 Organization Next personas. These stories recognize my interpretation of the data provided by conference attendees. The stories are intended to provide a sense of the scenario constraints, and how the constraints of that future shape the people and their behaviors based on the four contexts provided. Anne Arkie Falling Skies … [Read more...] about Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Anne Arkie Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Nikita Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
Nikita Freelance Planet It's the buzz, it's the buzz it's the buzz. That's Nikita's job. To figure out the buzz. As the Director of Conversational Analytics Nikita needs to tell her clients what their people are talking about. She works for a number of companies, but insists on the same title everywhere. It's in the contract. Nakita gestures at her computer and says, … [Read more...] about Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Nikita Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
