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Digital Factory
Being a technology consultant is a fabulous job. We’re brought in to amazing companies to understand their business models and, by applying technology solutions, we facilitate solving the challenges they face on a day to day basis. Many times the end … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Software Development, Uncategorized, Vision
Tagged digital, digital factory, Innovation, productization
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Innovation Debt
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard Do you ever get the sense that things are getting a little stale? … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Opportunity, Software Development, Vision
Tagged competing, Creativity, Enthusiasm, Execution, Growth, Innovatiop Debt, Keeping Pace, Mindset, Productivity, R&D, ROI, Skills, Vision
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Innovating When Opportunity Knocks
“Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it’s too late.” – Rita Coolidge Being a technologist is all about … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Opportunity, Software Development, Vision
Tagged competing, Innovation, Leadership, Opportunity Knocks, The ITeam, Vision
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Lead With Vision
“Vision is the art of seeing the invisible” — Jonathan Swift I was listening to the excellent Cloud Computing Podcast the other day and really enjoyed a discussion by @DavidLinthicum and Chris Dailey @cjdailey [1]. The questions it made me think … Continue reading
The Tax You Pay For a Bad Idea
In the software development world, there is an important concept called “technical debt.” Basically, it’s a metaphor developed by Ward Cunningham (inventor of the wiki) and it goes something like this. You’re building a piece of software. It could be a … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Marketing, Software Development
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Windows 8 Is a Direction, Not a Destination
“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” — Steve Jobs And maybe even after you show it to them. The reactions to … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Marketing, Software Development, Windows
Tagged Microsoft, Tablet, Windows
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Morning Drive Thoughts on Windows Phone
I was chatting with a friend last week about Microsoft and Windows Phone adoption and what they could do to improve it… and these random thoughts occurred on the way in this morning… BlackBerry 10 is coming out soon. I … Continue reading
A Rollout Like No Other
“If I had simply asked people what they wanted, they would have asked me for faster horses!” — Henry Ford Eighty five years ago today the intrepid and amazing Henry Ford and his Ford Motor Company introduced the Model A … Continue reading
How NOT To Innovate
“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get the old ones out.” — Dee Hock Liberal vs. conservative, PC vs. Mac, Chevy vs. Ford. Seems there’s always two points of view, … Continue reading
Why Organizations Struggle To Deliver Software
There are five underlying variables that deeply affect an organization’s ability to deliver substantive, high quality software solutions effectively. When discussing this topic, people typically mention things like process, tools or skillsets but in truth, though those aspects are important, … Continue reading
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