Modified by me from the original by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ilco
Knowing what you are is very important in one’s life. Today my wife put her finger right on what I am, particularly in the professional world, in a way that I just have missed. She said that I’m a disruptor.
Yesterday I had lunch with a very good friend and we were [...]
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I, Disruptor
Modified by me from the original by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ilco
Knowing what you are is very important in one’s life. Today my wife put her finger right on what I am, particularly in the professional world, in a way that I just have missed. She said that I’m a disruptor.
Yesterday I had lunch with a very good friend and we were [...]
Quitting and the Lame Duck Period
Tomorrow is my last day before leaving my current employer and returning to my own company, Zouak Consulting. It’s been an interesting two weeks from submitting my resignation to the last day. If you’re on a project then this period is clearly about transition of the key information to make sure that the other members of the team [...]
Review: 8 Things We Hate About I.T.
Over the Christmas holidays I read the book 8 Things We Hate About I.T. by Susan Cramm, published by Harvad Business Press. The book had been recommended by a customer at a meeting where I presented my Consumerism presentation, which was the vehicle for us to getting to discuss his current IT strategy situation.
by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ [...]
Your Tribe, Your Team
The Zouak Consulting Team of 2006
Google’s Screen Saver was shining memories, photos, into a dark room. I walked past and saw this photo of my team from 2006, which I had completely forgot about ever having taken. The ZC team had reached a nice size, though small. There was a lot of work being done, and we were figuring out where we wer [...]
Power of Belief and Faith in the indi...
by http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1119646
This evening I was reminded of the power of believing in someone, the power in giving them such psychological cover-fire that they are able to accomplish what you truly believed they could but that they couldn’t see. The butterfly is the symbol of my daughter, and she reminded me of this tonight.
There [...]
Hamburger Please, and hold the Hamste...
by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/tuareq
There are times in our lives when two things that don’t make sense are put in the same context. While we might not be confused, or at least initially confused, the same cannot be said for other parties. Making things easier for others to understand can result in confusing ourselves and ultimately, lea [...]
Reflections & Directions
by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/lusi
It’s been a year since I started this blog with its focus on leadership and corporate life-related topics. It’s gone well, and I’ve managed to keep up the pace for writing content to at least once a week with the occasional week off. 190+ postings I think. It’s also the end of the year [...]
Why are today’s Head Hunters sc...
You are having trouble finding the right type of person to join your team. You’re corporate recruiting folks are trying their best but they can’t find you the right candidate or types of candidates. This is when you turn to a recruiting firm, a.k.a. head hunters. They are expensive, asking between 16-20% of the first year’s [...]
The Metrics – Reloaded
from The Matrix movie
Sometimes you feel when you are given your metrics (MBOs, objectives, goals, what have you) for the year, you want someone to suddenly pull you out of that reality and say “Welcome, to the real world.” A world where metrics are aligned, a world where it is relevant to what you do, or for some simply a world w [...]
Disrupting the Pattern
A couple of weeks ago I gave my keynote session at the Microsoft Architects Forum in Montreal, and judging by the applause and comments afterwards it was very well received. In short, it was about IT needing to change the way it thinks and behaves to align with internal and external needs. There was one IT person however who didn’t li [...]