To exploit technology, companies need a combination of IT-smart business leaders and business-smart IT leaders. If you want to make...

My previous blog emphasized the importance of increasing the IT-smarts of business leaders in order to fully leverage technologies that...

Consumer electronics. Sensors. Analytics. Web services. The Cloud. The cool technologies that are transforming the competitive landscape and how companies...

Things fall apart. Expect It. Plan for it. A bunch of smart people are trying to figure out what "happened"...

You've got senior level buy-in, authority, and resources for your project. But you're lacking a few critical supporters. A few...

There's only one kind of leadership malpractice: wasting the lives of those we lead. Consider this multiple offender (sent to...

Question: When working with IT, how can you tell the difference between an introvert and an extrovert? Answer: The extrovert...

If you are finding your job a little boring, you aren't alone. There are many who feel trapped in their...

We are selfish creatures. At our best, we reach out to others in their time of need, sometimes at great...

It's unfortunate — but true — that it's easier to think shallowly about a big problem than deeply about small...

My last post asked you to help resolve the business-IT standoff concerning the approach for a large transformation project. To...

My last post asked you to be the judge of whether a business sponsor of a major initiative should take...

This is not what you need. Yet again, the IT folks and consultants are at odds and you are stuck...

My last post raised the question, "Why does management behavior often diverge from "broadly accepted" theory or best practice?" In...

Why does management behavior often diverge from "broadly accepted" theory or best practice? This question hit me over the head...