Don’t miss the opportunity to get better in the headlong rush to get to normal! I have enjoyed the privilege of chatting with many executives over the last few months and discussing their motivation for getting everyone back to work in their former office spaces. It was certainly gratifying to hear that many felt it…
Category: Strategy
Outcomes Should Rule the Day!
Similar to a Total Cost of Ownership approach, a business outcome can be cast in terms of all the inputs, variables and process steps necessary to deliver it. Ideally as business leaders, everything we do delivers the highest possible value to whoever our customer is. Now comes a tricky part – what is the timeframe for…
WFH! WFA! These approaches are missing the point.
So much time and attention has been given to the work from home and work from anywhere discussion that the real point has been ignored. The issue or goal is not where one works, from home, at office or from anywhere. The desire is and always should be results or outcomes. The discussion should be…
Can your enterprise be permanently agile? It better be!
My perspective as a life-long business technologist predisposes me to the reality of constant change. Businesses today cannot stop innovating, because technology and impactful technological change is pervasive. The concept of the internet of things continues to undersell the magnitude of the change given that everything is becoming connected and that everything is signaling, everything…
WhatsApp Setting the Encryption Bar?
In a technical white paper published by WhatsApp on April 4, 2016, the WhatsApp team documents an encryption upgrade which happened automatically for over a billion users. This default architecture makes WhatsApp “the most widely used cryptographic tool on the planet” according to CNNMoney. Interestingly enough, the push by the WhatsApp team to add end-to-end…
Pardon the Interruption!
According to a Gartner report, by 2020, the impact of interruptions on human effectiveness will cause 40% of enterprises to restrict notifications on wearables and smartphones. The concept of an interruption is an interesting one. The roots of the word are from old French, derived from “a break of continuity”. If you assume that a…
Yes, It’s True, Your Data can be Held Hostage
Articles today state: “A Los Angeles hospital just paid a ransom equivalent to around $17,000 in bitcoins to get its computer systems back up and running.” Ransomware has been a threat for some time and continues to have variations which threaten the accessibility and integrity of your data and systems. Unlike other virus or malware…
Apple Mac Pro – A New Growth Paradigm
The announcement by Apple of the radically redesigned Mac Pro on June 10, 2013 was met with some mixed reviews. Most negative comments have tended to focus on perceived limitations of the new design relative to expandability. A recurring thread (if you allow me to extrapolate from only 24 hours worth of threads) is specifically…
Don’t Focus on the Cloud, Incorporate it!
In the world of technology strategy swings, the cloud and cloud computing offer the next opportunities for going overboard. The same way outsourcing created an extraordinary rush to outsource, sometimes regardless of business value, cloud computing provides the same risks and potential downsides if not approached appropriately and carefully. The use of cloud computing capabilities…
BYOD? At Last
The debate concerning BYOD or Bring Your Own Device has reached a fever pitch in IT and Corporate arenas. The topic is being brought to a head, not specifically through the personal computer channel as much as through the smart phone channel. Having said that though, the BYOD concept is relevant for the entire population…