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"Outcomes are the difference made by the outputs"

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:12:38 +0000

“Outcomes are the difference made by the outputs”

- It’s Not Just Semantics: Managing Outcomes Vs. Outputs

"“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” ~ Anais Nin"

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:00:01 +0000

““We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
~ Anais Nin”

- Helping Folks Find Their Own Answers — Medium

"I’ve come round to the belief that consulting, predicated as it is, largely, on telling people..."

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:59:13 +0000

“I’ve come round to the belief that consulting, predicated as it is, largely, on telling people “answers”, doesn’t work too well. It’s not well-aligned with how people learn, change, and grow.”

- Helping Folks Find Their Own Answers — Medium

"The combined revenue of the five biggest global corporate IT suppliers declined by more than $12bn..."

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:59:31 +0000

“The combined revenue of the five biggest global corporate IT suppliers declined by more than $12bn over their past four financial quarters - at a time when the use of technology worldwide is booming.
That $12bn isn’t money that has disappeared from the market - it’s simply being spent elsewhere”

- Will 2016 be the year we find out which ‘traditional’ IT suppliers survive the digital revolution? - Computer Weekly Editor’s Blog

At the Modules of Madness

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:25:49 +0100

At the Modules of Madness:

“The entire configuration is interpreted every time a client connects, from the top of an approximately twenty-foot mound of crumbled masonry, somewhat sheltered for three-fourths of its circumference by the massive curving walls of a frightful gateway into forbidden spheres of dream, and complex gulfs of remote time, space, and ultra-dimensionality.”

"If the incentive system is set up as a zero-sum game, then for me to win, you have to lose. This is..."

Tue, 26 May 2015 15:24:09 +0100

“If the incentive system is set up as a zero-sum game, then for me to win, you have to lose. This is a very effective way to ensure that there is little or no teamwork or cooperation. Interactions between individuals and groups are likely to become negative, to the detriment of the organization as a whole.”

- The Trouble with Incentives: They Work » Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog

"While word processors are good at producing textual documents, they have deficiencies that..."

Tue, 05 May 2015 16:50:38 +0100

“While word processors are good at producing textual documents, they have deficiencies that significantly decrease their ability to provide a suitable platform for creating market requirements. Word processors and spreadsheets are not good at querying information, sorting and baselining data, maintaining relationships between statements, or linking information internally and across documents.”

- Programmatic Tools for Product Management | Gabriel Steinhardt | LinkedIn

"Amazon was estimated last year by Gartner to have a public cloud that is five times larger than its..."

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:05:59 +0000

“Amazon was estimated last year by Gartner to have a public cloud that is five times larger than its next 14 competitors combined.”

- The myth about how Amazon’s Web service started just won’t die | Network World

"The role of a so-called “DevOps Engineer” or “DevOp” would be to encourage..."

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:32:41 +0000

“The role of a so-called “DevOps Engineer” or “DevOp” would be to encourage cross-team collaboration and ensure organizational units regularly share ideas and goals. Sound familiar? It should - we call those people “managers”.”

- The 10 Myths of DevOps

"In its purest form, a newspaper consists of a collection of facts which, in controlled..."

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:55:10 +0000

“In its purest form, a newspaper consists of a collection of facts which, in controlled circumstances, can actively improve knowledge. Unfortunately, facts are expensive, so to save costs and drive up sales, unscrupulous dealers often “cut” the basic contents with cheaper material”

- Charlie Brooker: The most dangerous drug isn’t meow meow. It isn’t even alcohol … | Comment is free | The Guardian

"Well, first off, realize you are in a fight for your life. The new business model is not a..."

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:58:59 +0000

“Well, first off, realize you are in a fight for your life. The new business model is not a competitive threat, it is an existential threat”

- How to Save Your Business When Your Industry Gets Disrupted | Geoffrey Moore | LinkedIn

"Now, some fifteen years on, we can see that the insanity – and tragedy – of agile – lies in the..."

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:21:15 +0000

“Now, some fifteen years on, we can see that the insanity – and tragedy – of agile – lies in the Sisyphean task of trying to build effective teams – and ways of working- inside ineffective organisations”

- What Is Agile Software Development? | Think Different

"Let’s stop worrying about whether or not we’re “innovating” (in my experience it’s only in hindsight..."

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:22:17 +0000

“Let’s stop worrying about whether or not we’re “innovating” (in my experience it’s only in hindsight that you can only really) and start focusing on solving clients’ problems.”

"You can look at this thing and realize that there’s no way that a human being stepped back,..."

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:06:01 +0000

““You can look at this thing and realize that there’s no way that a human being stepped back, and one person thought about all these things, and laid them out, and said, ‘This is what we’re going to go build,’””

"You don’t need to be near the edge unless your competitors are there as well. Which is..."

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:22:01 +0000

“You don’t need to be near the edge unless your competitors are there as well. Which is probably why some traditional enterprise companies do so badly when companies like Amazon or Google move into their space. They’re not prepared for the level of competition needed.”

- Bits or pieces?: The Enterprise is slower than you think

"you are sacrificing your certainty of long-term planning for higher-quality and more useful..."

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:18:26 +0100

“you are sacrificing your certainty of long-term planning for higher-quality and more useful technology sooner”

- (5) Kanban: How do you manage a product roadmap in kanban? - Quora

"Don’t focus on lost business, focus on where new business can be created. Yes, it is hard work to..."

Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:53:51 +0100

“Don’t focus on lost business, focus on where new business can be created. Yes, it is hard work to build new business, but that is where the margin resides.”

- Myths and Misconceptions in Telco APIs - Alan Quayle Business and Service Development

"When I see 400 people standing in line to get into a “troubleshooting vMotion” breakout session I..."

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:41:37 +0100

“When I see 400 people standing in line to get into a “troubleshooting vMotion” breakout session I feel a sense of urgency to share my concerns regarding how you can be relevant in your organization in 5 years time.”

- The Dark Age in Front of Us: a Reality Check of mid 2014 « IT 2.0

"It’s not about the pull requests. It’s not about the markdown. Those things can go away...."

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:04:12 +0100

“It’s not about the pull requests. It’s not about the markdown. Those things can go away. In five years we might not have them. Who knows? But we’re still going to be trying to help people work together.”

- GitHub’s new CEO: We’re serious about the enterprise | Application development - InfoWorld

"Honeywell was lacking the ability to define its own Schwerpunkt, a strategic strong point of focus..."

Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:35:49 +0100

“Honeywell was lacking the ability to define its own Schwerpunkt, a strategic strong point of focus where to concentrate its efforts”

- Dictating The Pace of Your Competitor’s OODA Loop | LinkedIn