Mark McDonald

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Should IT play for food?

by Mark P. McDonald  |  February 25, 2011  |  3 Comments

Wednesday’s post discussed the difference between people playing for food or playing for fun. The analogy applies to the difference between pro-athletes who play for food and college athletes and others who play more for fun. The idea expressed in that post was that food and fun are part of the IT/Business context. The question [...]

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Playing for food is different than playing for fun

by Mark P. McDonald  |  February 23, 2011  |  10 Comments

People ask about the differences between ‘the business’ and ‘IT’ and what people can do to eliminate them. It is a great question and unfortunately a persistent one. Usually when you have an issue that people recognize and work to resolve but cannot, there are deeper issues involved. I think that this is a big [...]

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