After writing about how important it is to understand the business problem first, here is a story from CIO Magazine where the project started with the technology.
All in business
After writing about how important it is to understand the business problem first, here is a story from CIO Magazine where the project started with the technology.
People have expressed plenty of paranoia about social network analysis techniques that exploit existing corporate data stores. So, it shouldn't be surprising to see reports of companies that are selling their tools to snoop on their employees.
In TOC Application Expert training, we are talking about the goal of Viable Vision projects to achieve ongoing growth in companies.
Jeffrey Phillips has some interesting thoughts on what he calls The Ad hocracy in organizations that appear to prefer doing things without well-defined processes.
Computerworld interviews the authors of some new research on IT and productivity. Looks like some interesting though easily misinterpreted results.
I read Bruce MacEwen fairly regularly for pieces like this one, "Do the Management Gurus Have Clothes?" I see a link to Theory of Constraints in his discussion.
What are the common notions about "lost knowledge?" It turns out the common notions aren't always correct, according to a study from Lori Rosenkopf at Wharton.
Information (knowledge?) is the currency of business today, so making it available and making available the tools needed to manipulate that information is a critical task. Jeffrey Phillips has some interesting thoughts about IT blocking this need.
An interesting find from Dana Dolan on discussing productivity and whether collaboration projects require a leap of faith. I focus on the productity end of the question.
"Beating the Boomer Brain Drain Blues" is a good overview of the knowledge retention problem facing many companies. It provides some suggestions on how to think about the problem, and there are many examples.
The McKinsey Quarterly has Ten trends to watch in 2006 by Ian Davis and Elizabeth Stephenson, which are really trends to watch over the next decade. Several of these ring for me.
Is it me, or are there a heck of a lot of blogging and/or KM surveys coming out of late?
In "Data chief climbs the executive title tower," Chicago Tribune staff reporter Jon Van discusses data mining the importance of data to companies. I see the importance of the strategic view.
Cutting Through points us to some work of Jonathan Briggs on what he would have liked to know before starting his business, instead of learning-by-doing. 10 things to know before you start Understanding cashflow is the first important lesson to learn. The cheque is never in the post. Clients will always...
Frank Patrick's Focused Performance Weblog What the Customer Wants -- In today's piece Laurent writes... "The most important thing I learned in 15 years could well be the realization that solving someone's problem with code involves listening to that person." This goes for problem solving without code as well. And as...
Derek Lowe mentions the amazing trail of names that have ended up at GlaxoSmithKline, and has a suggestion in Naming of Names: Someone should do a family-tree chart of all the mergers and buyouts over the years in the drug industry. Judging from this example, though, I don't think that someone...