My top posts recently were all about our work, why we do it, and how we can do it better. I really appreciate all of the conversations on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter; they have helped me to write better, more relevant posts. Thank you! 1. Run A Sane Team At A Crazy Company: 8 Steps […]
How To Succeed At Writing: 7 Steps
I find myself in the bizarre situation of getting lots of questions about how to succeed at writing, or how to get paid for writing. I normally demur. But my nephew recently asked, so I answered. And I realized that it wasn’t that bizarre and that I have learned a lot. What I told him […]
IT and Business Units: Relationship Rescue?
Some months ago, Terri Griffith wrote a blog on HBR asking “are we asking too much of our CIOs?” My answering post on InformationWeek: it’s complicated. “If IT is now accountable for the success of virtually the entire business, why not put IT in charge of the whole business?” Of course, that’s a snarky answer […]
Why Agility Is So Dang Hard
Agility is so hard because people are afraid. The rest is commentary. One great personal example that’s relevant to how we act in our teams and organizations was my fear about relaunching my personal website / blog. Fear was the the hardest thing for me in going from talking about blogging to blogging; it had […]
Of Overlords and Organizations
Here’s a post-mortem about my column, “Stop Being A Hated IT Overlord,” in InformationWeek on June 14. My thought process as I was writing this: Most of the bad things that happen in the world of work are the result of disengaged employees. Most people feel like they’re slaves or prisoners working in a mineshaft, […]