by Mark P. McDonald | November 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
In two prior posts, Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed the role of social media beyond its application in marketing. This third installment connects some thinking on how social media can change the nature of products and services and social media technology’s role in a full customer experience. Social Media Technology, Marketing and Advertising [...]
Category: Social Media Social Organization Technology Tags: Marketing, Social Computing, Social Organization, Strategy and Planning
by Mark P. McDonald | November 28, 2012 | 1 Comment
Enterprise Games picks up where Jane McGonigal’s book (Reality is Broken) left off – how gaming ideas and practices can apply to business. This book is a hidden treasure that I would not normally have picked up, but I am very very glad I did. Michael Hugos, the author is an accomplished practitioner and innovator [...]
Category: Book Review Business Process Digitalization Innovation Management Tags: Book Review, Business Management, Business Process
by Mark P. McDonald | November 26, 2012 | 6 Comments
Today is Cyber Monday, the day when experts suggest that more than a billion dollars will be spent online as people purchase gifts for the holiday season. This fact coupled with an interesting but not particularly revealing article “Death by a Billion Clicks” by Michael Copland on Best Buy in Wired Magazine raises the question: [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise Digital Edge Digitalization Tags: Digital Edge, digitization, Innovation, Strategy and Planning, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 21, 2012 | Submit a Comment
Thanksgiving is upon us. It is a uniquely American holiday, in the sense that it remains somewhat exclusive to the U.S.. Other cultures and countries have similar holidays and festivals that are not practiced in the U.S. but the nature of Thanksgiving is part of the nature and culture of being an American. 2012 has [...]
Category: Personal Observation Tags: personal musing, Personal Observation
by Mark P. McDonald | November 19, 2012 | 15 Comments
This blog post is going to get me into trouble, but I think that the issue is worth discussing, so I wince as I hit the publish button, but here goes. Recently I had the opportunity to listen to an Enterprise Architect describe enterprise architecture, its importance and role in an organization. It was an [...]
Category: EA Personal Observation Technology Tools Tags: architecture, CIO Leadership, enterprise, personal musing, Personal Observation, Signs of weak management, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 16, 2012 | Submit a Comment
The seventh and final Gartner Symposium ITXpo completed this week at Gold Coast, Australia. This completes a set of posts related to prior events in Tokyo, Goa, Orlando, Sao Paulo, Barcelona and now the Gold Coast. The links point to what I have learned from these other venues. This is the second year of holding [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise CIO Leadership Management Strategy Tags: 2013 Planning, IT management, Leadership, Management, Strategy and Planning, symposium, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 13, 2012 | 2 Comments
A few people have asked me about the applicability of the social organization to business. They are of the opinion that anything with the moniker ‘social’ is associated with societal or ‘soft’ issues rather than solving real business problems. When I asked why, they mention that the many of the examples of social media involve [...]
Category: Leadership Social Media Social Organization Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Business Strategy, Social Computing, Social Organization
by Mark P. McDonald | November 10, 2012 | 4 Comments
This week the Gartner Symposium stopped in Barcelona to meet with more than 5,000 CIOs and IT executives. The challenges facing European CIOs and IT leaders are real and significant. An earlier post reviewed the situation facing many of the IT leaders attending this year’s Symposium. One cannot underestimate the economic situation in Europe or [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise Management Strategy Technology Tags: 2013 Planning, IT and Business, Leadership, Strategy and Planning, symposium, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 7, 2012 | 5 Comments
In the Bible Joseph’s interpretation of Pharoh’s dream predicted that Egypt would see seven years of fat, good harvests and plentiful food followed by 7 years of lean times, poor harvests and starvation. The prediction encouraged Pharaoh to save in good times to compensate for bad times. The exact opposite has happened to IT. IT [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise Digitalization Innovation Strategic planning Strategy Technology Tags: 2013 Planning, amplify, Innovation, Strategy and Planning, symposium, Technology, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 5, 2012 | 3 Comments
CIOs and IT from across Europe gather in Barcelona this week to discuss the future of business, leadership and technology in the context of a changing economic and political environment. The nuance and complexity associated with these challenges make this year’s European Symposium a singular event. Business, leadership and technology provide a context for the [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise Management Strategy Tags: 2013 Planning, IT and Business, IT Leadership, IT strategy, Leadership, Strategy and Planning, symposium, Technology Leadership
