Migration 101 – follow the white rabbit
It seems that not every migration is welcomed by applause these days, reasons for which can usually be attributed to a definite lack of success. So, here’s a checklist that will help you achieve success. Of course the list is condensed and a lot of detail is left out, as it’s just a lot of [...]
ScaleXtreme Ramps Up Server Management For The Federated Cloud Era
ScaleXtreme, Palo Alto based server management company with a focus on the cloud era, yesterday announced the availability Dynamic Server Assembly, an update to their existing free and premium products. This gives their users an ability to create highly structured servers across many different cloud providers. As we move towards a more federated cloud ecosystem, [...]
Why I’m using fake identities to sign up
That is, from now on I will. It is not only getting harder to sign up, it is also getting harder to sign in, and out. Let me explain please as this story has a few sides to it. But first, let me make my point: I’m going to use fake identities to sign up [...]
Public chats on Twitter – invading your timeline?
After a conversation with Alan Berkson, I wondered about the public chats on Twitter. They’re conducted by following / naming a hashtag, which usually happens at conferences, but there are also various chats going on such as #lrnchat, #influencechat How do you chat on Twitter? That is the question. And it is a difficult one, [...]
Engineers, Designers and Product Managers – A Point of View
The “awesome triangle” that builds products consists of engineers, product managers and product designers. Here is a view of how each of the corners sees the other. Your comments, please…
No money back guarantee on management?
Workers and managers. Somehow there’s a line crossed when you go from one to the other. Not always, but almost always. A bit of us and them Why is that? What makes someone change when he or she becomes a manager? Sometimes it’s even like they join something like the Illuminati I once heard someone [...]
Should a Startup Have a COO?
It’s rare I can dust off a 6-year old article, find it still relevant and repost it without any changes. But that’s what happened this morning, I felt provoked by this VentureBeat title: Even start-ups need a COO – wanted to respond, than I had that “I’ve already said this” feeling and realized I would [...]
Three Wrongs When it Comes to Profiles in HCM Technology
We have to admit it – the modern world loves profiles. Every major service that “sticks” has a profile component that is meant to describe us. HR technology isn’t an exception. Every major vendor has made at least some attempts to position their profile components as truly central elements of their suite. So why is [...]
Onward by Howard Schultz is an odd book to read
I do not doubt that things happened in the historical time line of Starbucks, what I do doubt is that they happened the way they are stated. Anyone who is working in modern conflicted business today knows that companies go through a middle age point, …
If you don’t have time to explain, you’re not decisive, you’re unfocused
One of my pet peeves when it comes to management is when someone tells me, “I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to explain.” When that happens, I think that person has been watching too many action movies. If you’re on the run from a secret government conspiracy, you probably don’t have time to explain [...]
How does open source affect company culture?
An open source company is naturally a company that produces open source code for others to consume. But how does the notion of producing software code in the open affect company culture?
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Shockingly Honest CEO Memos–Microsoft, Nokia
Engadget calls freshly minted Nokia CEO Steven Elop’s internal letter to the troops “one of the most exciting and interesting CEO memos we’ve ever seen.” Selected quotes: We have more than one explosion – we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fuelling a blazing fire around us. Apple disrupted the market by redefining [...]
Rewards and the Motivation Paradox
I’m finally getting around to reading Daniel Pink’s “Drive.” I had held off for a long time, figuring that I didn’t need to read someone else’s rehashing of Deci, since I’d already read the source material. I was wrong. Pink does a great job of synthesizing a number of different strands, including behavioral economics, Deci’s [...]
Running More Effective Meetings Will Get You Results
I sit through a lot of presentations. It’s usually people wanting to raise money and/or persuade me of something. Many of these are not as effective as they could be so I’d like to offer a view on how to improve this. 1. Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a [...]
