Cloud computing risk management: Cloud computing seems to be the perfect technology for people with short attention spans. As I watch the commercials and read the ads about trusting the cloud for business, I keep wondering how these firms have established their credibility and garnered trust. The answer is, they earn trust only so far as trust is built through meeting service … [Read more...] about Assessing Risk: The Cloud Has No History
Archives for May 2011
If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong
Most plans are one-dimensional. They use the best thinking from experts to create a narrow range of possible variances to a set of underlying assumptions. You might get lucky and see those assumptions manifest themselves, or you might be incredibly wrong. If the future doesn’t fit your assumptions, you will find your organization, at best, scrambling to react, at worst, selling … [Read more...] about If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong
Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
After many hours sitting around the Newark, NJ airport, I finally arrived back in Seattle late last night from my overnight trip to New York, and my keynote at Worktech 11 NYC. I gave the opening talk. I bridged scenario planning with Management by Design I want to thank Philip Ross and his team (especially Isabel for her excellent coordination) at unwork for creating and … [Read more...] about Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
How to To Hold IT Analyst Calls with More Impact
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com This morning, the IBM Websphere executive team (Nancy Pearson, Marie Wiek, and Beth Smith) offered IT industry analysts a summary of the latest developments from their IMPACT 2011 conference. Although well produced, as expected from IBM, the jargon filled presentation left business-focused analysts with the impression that the IBM … [Read more...] about How to To Hold IT Analyst Calls with More Impact
A Must Listen: Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air
This interview is a couple of weeks old, but it is one of the best discussions I have heard on the issues of American education. I encourage you to take time to listen, or read the highlights. My commentary: When you listen to the privatization advocates, they make sense. When you listen to testing reform groups, they make sense. When you explore slow learning, that makes … [Read more...] about A Must Listen: Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air