When the cloud is happily, well, clouding along, delivering services, receiving requests and serving up data, everybody is happy. But companies who rely on the cloud for business have made a strategic choice to put their economic and business viability firmly in the hands of technology, and the arbiters of technology, the cloud service providers. Although cloud services offer … [Read more...] about Going to the Cloud Does Create Risk, Is Uncertain
Strategy
Time for Congress to Step Up and Address Tax Reform as a Valid Strategy
Fiscal restraint in the US will not be enough to reduce the growing deficit (although, as with all things about the future, emergent influences may we exacerbate or ameliorate the deficit in unforeseen ways). However, on a practical note, revenue is one part of the dual pronged attack on deficits, the other, is reduced spending. Perhaps the most important information in this … [Read more...] about Time for Congress to Step Up and Address Tax Reform as a Valid Strategy
One More Angry Birds Lesson for CIOs- Number 11
First, I want to thank everyone for this interest in this CIO.com article: 10 Lessons from Angry Birds That Can Make You a Better CIO. Truly amazing to watch it spread through the Web. So I thought I should cap the week with lesson number 11 11 Don't be complacent When you join the Apple Game Center you can see how you stack up against others. Not always so easy for a … [Read more...] about One More Angry Birds Lesson for CIOs- Number 11
How Twitter Could have Planned for Success
Twitter's Biz Stone bemoans the company's lack of foresight during a Tavis Smiley interview today (Twitter Co-founder: "I wish we could have predicted it.") In anticipation of this topic, I wrote: Why Start-Ups Need More Strategic Planning, and Why Investors Should Help Provide It back in December, and I think is worth a re-read today. Briefly, entrepreneurs need … [Read more...] about How Twitter Could have Planned for Success
Collaboration Strategy
Every collaboration opportunity should raise a number question for the person(s) involved: Who should I be working with? What exactly do I need to collaborate on when it comes to this assignment? How do I prioritize what is important—a clean inbox or a quick response to a social media query ? Should I use the information that's readily at hand, or keep searching?. … [Read more...] about Collaboration Strategy
