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misalignment of business and personal benefit
How often do you see a project proposal that makes provision for staff incentives to achieve the project objectives? I’ll bet such a thing is a rare beast indeed, if not extinct. But this might be a substantive cause of project failure and disappointment. Tweet READ MORE Personal Continuity Planning 
I was very pleased to contribute my views to this article in Computing magazine, by Gareth Morgan. My advice, intended for CIOs but equally relevant to other CxOs, focuses on keeping out of the crossfire, during a management shake-out. Tweet READ MORE improving the integrity of IT investment proposals 
Why do operating budgets become heavily backloaded towards the past, rather than towards future opportunity? Because too many organizations prefer to base business cases for a proposed system on corporate accounting policies, instead of forecasting the true cost of ownership, thereby creating an increasing legacy of sunk costs for years to come. Tweet READ MORE perils of online anonymity and accountability Jekyll and Hyde had it easy
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde had it easy – they only had each other to worry about. I have so many alter egos now that I need a database to keep track of them all. Tweet READ MORE a cautionary tale about over-expectation and over-selling 
If IT had delivered every benefit promised over the past twenty years, our businesses would be so cash-rich by now that it would be positively embarrassing to read the Balance Sheets. But they are not. So can business Emperors still be seduced by technology Sorcerers? Tweet READ MORE |
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