Entries Categorized as 'Management'
by Mike Rollings | January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments
So many things in our life are governed by the idea that we can control the outcome. Take strategy as as an example. For years strategists have operated under the false notion that strategies were conceived, plans created and execution of the plan happened. This resulted in an elite view of conducting strategy and the [...]
Category: Altered States Economy Human Behavior Management Strategic Planning Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Economy, Empathy, Transformation, Uncertainty, Value
by Mike Rollings | December 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
The notion of value is ambiguous and abstract. An object or an act is not intrinsically valuable. We define what is valuable. We have a choice. Some cultures decided that stones would be used to reflect something of value that can be exchanged — their currency. Eventually, the stones were so large that they could [...]
Category: IT Governance Management Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, IT Delivery, Production Mindset, Value
by Mike Rollings | November 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Too many times I speak with people in organizations who proudly state that they know and achieve their priorities. What once was a hidden list of projects is now given visibility. They consolidate their project list , they sort on value of each business division, and manage resources (e.g. funding, people) more effectively than before. [...]
Category: Altered States Human Behavior IT Governance Management Tags: Business outcome mindset, IT Delivery, Value
by Mike Rollings | October 29, 2010 | 5 Comments
Recently, Twitter #entarch has erupted in the recurring discussion about the value of enterprise architecture. I say ‘recurring’ because illustrating value is a constant challenge for IT and especially for EA practitioners. This particular Twitter value discussion falls mainly into two piles: Value theory Value realities Value theorists describe how value “should” work in an [...]
Category: Human Behavior Management Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, Enterprise Architecture, IT Delivery, Value
by Mike Rollings | October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
In Loraine Lawson’s post “CFO Resigns After ‘Data Integration Glitch’” she reports that TUI Travel CFO Paul Bowtell resigned last week after the company announced it had overstated revenues. Loraine states that the press release and the UK articles all note this problem was “the accounting error in the integration of IT systems in its [...]
Category: IT Governance Management Uncategorized Tags: Stewardship
by Mike Rollings | October 22, 2010 | 2 Comments
Okay, enterprise architects, this is your chance to join a fellow architect and go scream out the window. Just like in the movie Network where longtime news anchor Howard Beale delivers a live rant claiming that life is ‘BS’, architects can join @chrisvenable as he screams along with other enterprise architects… “I’m as mad as [...]
Category: Altered States Human Behavior IT Governance Management Strategic Planning Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Communication, Enterprise Architecture, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | September 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
My father was a barber but he was a specialist focused on grooming. Back in medieval days you could go to a barber for just about anything. You could receive a haircut, a shave, a blood letting, a tooth extraction, surgery… the barber could do it all. I’m sure there was confusion about the various [...]
Category: Management Strategic Planning Uncategorized Tags: IT Delivery, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | August 23, 2010 | 3 Comments
Two weeks ago I wrote that organizations must Invest in the new secret weapon: Humans to unleash innovation, hypothesis generation, investigation, imagination, initiative, and calculated risk taking. Part of this investment is creating an environment that is not based on fear and retribution, but instead one that fosters and appreciates contribution. However, there is a [...]
Category: Altered States Human Behavior Management Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Insight, Transformation, Uncertainty
by Mike Rollings | August 16, 2010 | 5 Comments
For any transformation to occur it is important to first recognize there is a problem. Without this critical first step, change cannot occur, bad behaviors persist, and relationships with others deteriorate. This post is about my longtime friend enterprise architecture (friends call him EA) and his journey. EA has been suffering from a raft of [...]
Category: Human Behavior Management Strategic Planning Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | August 9, 2010 | 4 Comments
A real return to prosperity and long-term growth will require a rebirth of business based on new rules for a new era. The interplay between social, cultural, and economic transformation accelerates the need for organizations to become agile, strategic, innovative, and effective. Yet organizations are doing little to develop collaboration, influence, perspective, integration, and relevance [...]
Category: Economy Human Behavior Management Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Economy, Insight
