3 May 2008

Should you embrace IT turnover? or discourage it?

Going through my usual read list, two posts (here and here) perked up my interest. As a part of my day job, I get to advise and effect changes in HR systems of a variety of clients in the course of a project. During the last couple of assignments, I’ve... (posted on 3 May 2008 by Green & White)

30 Apr 2008

10 Reasons why Enterprise Initiatives fail

I have worked on many large enterprise initiatives over the years. Some were successful and some were not. As an avid researcher of my trade, I have also read about many failures of large initiatives. Being the lessons-learned kind of guy that I am, I... (posted on 30 Apr 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

29 Apr 2008

Management by fooling around

In my column this week for Baseline magazine, I give some advice for getting managers on your side. We all have worked for lousy bosses, but how about the boss who does his (and they usually are men) best to be unproductive? You know the type: the ones... (posted on 29 Apr 2008 by Web Informant)

10 Apr 2008

Reduce attrition by allowing your people to grow into their new roles

Every so often, people are promoted within organizations to take over new roles and responsibilities. Whether it be after appraisal time or on a need basis, moving up the ladder is the reason many employees deal with the day to day realities of their... (posted on 10 Apr 2008 by Green & White)

3 Apr 2008

Is IT it's own worse enemy?

I read this post from Stewart Mader's blog on wiki patterns today and it talks about a challenge to the adoption of wiki is the fact that the new tools are too inexpensive or even free (open source).Here is a key quote:Sandy Kemsley’s fourth challenge... (posted on 3 Apr 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

21 Mar 2008

Tools to Manage Your Servers on a Budget

Computing infrastructures are growing rapidly. Hardware has become less expensive and their form factors smaller and smaller. With the advent of grid technologies, virtualization,and other distributed computing methods we need to find better ways to... (posted on 21 Mar 2008 by OuterVillage.com | Technology News & Ideas)

17 Mar 2008

Windows User Profile Considerations

User profiles if left unchecked can wreak havoc on an otherwise smoothly performing system causing disk space to quickly disappear as temporary Internet files, non-shortcut objects appear on the desktop and Outlook temporary files grow out of control.... (posted on 17 Mar 2008 by Jason Slater Weblog)

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