Entries Categorized as 'career'
by Jack Santos | October 27, 2010 | Comments Off
I was on a call with an Indian helpdesk yesterday. In some settings in the US, just that statement will cause a stir. Outsourcing, Off shoring, unemployment rates, etc all play into the average person’s emotions. In my career have been involved in more than a few outsourcing/offshoring deals, some which I help personally setup [...]
Category: career CIO issues Externalization Future governance management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Tags: culture, Externalization, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | October 25, 2010 | Comments Off
I just have to share this video on leadership I got from Mike Rollings. It says it all. Mike has blogged a lot on the role of the individual, or his Gartner research on influencing communications. I will have research coming out in December that will help IT practitioners structure their communication – and point [...]
Category: career Fun management Managment Tags: career, management
by Jack Santos | October 19, 2010 | Comments Off
How many times have you seen this as the very first line of a project proposal, or work plan? “Get Executive Support”, or “The CxO needs to champion your project” or “A senior executive has to buy in”. Having been that executive that everyone wants support from…well…the dirty little truth is that most senior execs [...]
Category: career CIO issues governance management Managment Uncategorized Tags: career, CIO, management, Strategy
by Jack Santos | October 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Jack: Just read Dan Ariely’s second book (The Upside of Irrationality). He really hammers the corporate pay bonus issue. Based on research with mice, and with homeless people in India (the only connection is that in both cases he could pay meaningful extravagant bonuses that fit his research budget) he found that after a modest [...]
Category: career governance management Tags: economy, management
by Jack Santos | September 21, 2010 | Comments Off
A long time ago when I was a programmer trainee, my friend Ken <last name to remain anonymous> and I were in a company meeting. We sat together listening to a diatribe of “here’s what’s happening” from company management, which ended with “that’s how we see it”. Ken got up in from the crowd and [...]
Category: career CIO issues Strategic Planning Uncategorized Tags: career, CIO, culture, gearheads, IT relevance, management, Strategy
by Jack Santos | September 9, 2010 | Comments Off
I try to keep my blog posts topical (technology and management implications) and by choice rarely go into the realms of politics, religion, or other intensely controversial areas. Mark Hurd’s recent trials and tribulations, though, warrant a few comments… HP has sued Mr. Hurd, and is trying to block his move to Oracle. I can’t [...]
Category: career CIO issues Tags: career, management
by Jack Santos | August 6, 2010 | Comments Off
I went to Tom Curran’s funeral yesterday. He was a friend, mentor, supervisor, co-worker, peer, and all around good guy. Like many of the readers of this blog, Tom had spent his career in IT – mostly in the public sector, or in a company that specialized in public sector privatization. His most recent role [...]
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