Directionally Correct

Organizational “How”

Russ Aebig — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:14:52 +0000

Wouldn't it be nice if it organizational institutionalization was as easy as making a pronouncement of the change, waving your magic wand, saying a few words channeled through your inner warlock, and poof! the change was made. Sadly the real world is far more complex... Continue reading →

What Professionals Do

Russ Aebig — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:49:35 +0000

...which describes the essential ingredients to what serves as not only differentiators in your workforce, but the "difference makers". I believe the few people that get the lion's share of work done exhibit these behaviors. Being a professional involves a code of conduct. While consultants (Blood Type of a Consultant) and contractors (Blood Type of a Contractor) are defined in the referenced posts terms of what it means to carry their associated profession's badge, Seth does a good job of providing attributes of "being professional" Continue reading →

Move to Information Trumping Process

Russ Aebig — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:44:06 +0000

...This is not as obvious as some of the trends that we see all around us, but I have no doubt about its certainty. In many ways this is a natural outgrowth of several other trends we are in the midst of... Continue reading →

Shift to Mobile Phones

Russ Aebig — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:34:24 +0000

...By definition, mobile devices "have legs." While laptops certainly have cause their share of headaches for their owners and groups that support them, mobile phone will be giving the headache volume knob a hard spin to the right. Continue reading →

Shifting Asset Ownership

Russ Aebig — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:12:48 +0000

...Data centers have shrunk to server rooms. Server rooms have been virtualized to a rack or two. Desktop workstations are now laptops and tablets. The price point to equip your workforce has dropping and the capital budget has been shrinking with it. Licensing of enterprise suites is also feeling the tremors as paying in an on demand mode is becoming a core part of the vendor conversation. Continue reading →

Tomorrow’s IT Infrastructure

Russ Aebig — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:44:42 +0000

...Fast forward yourself 5 years into the future where you are the leader of your company's IT organization. What does your infrastructure like? This is an interesting question. First of all, the question "will your company have an IT infrastructure?"... Continue reading →

IT Organization of the Future

Russ Aebig — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:13:33 +0000

In a world where we often don't look beyond the next set of quarterly financial statements, it is occasionally refreshing to take a pause and fast forward the tape to imagine what out world will be like in three or five years... Continue reading →

Communicating Your Strategy

Russ Aebig — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:44:22 +0000

...The reality of the situation is that a very hard part is still ahead of you. Until you are able to distill the resulting strategy into a clear and concise set of messages that can rally people around the future, motivate them to take action, and self direct their behavior to support the strategic vision, my guess is that all you have is a lot of hard work driven by good intentions. Continue reading →

The “How” of Your Strategy

Russ Aebig — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:34:28 +0000

After you have finished with defining strategic intents of your organization, defined the goals you are going to reach, established the operating principles to define your key positions, and values you will work by, you come to where the rubber meets the road - defining how you get all of this done... Continue reading →

Values – The Softer Side of Strategy

Russ Aebig — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:02:12 +0000

...Powerful words. They set the stage for big things to come, especially when everyone believes in these values and they cause people to take actions toward a unified set of goals - or more importantly, drive an organization to a desired set of behaviors. Continue reading →