Tag Archives: best practices
10 questions you should be asking about IT
I have to admit that I don’t often get excited about IT articles. But, the recent article titled “The do-or-die questions boards should ask about technology” by Paul WIlmott, a director in McKinsey’s London office, had me at “Hello!” Now, granted, part of why I got so excited is because what Mr. Willmott writes is […]
Integrating IT
There is change in the air, and it’s not just spring time allergies. Clients, prospects, and colleagues are all talking about technology again. I have a theory about what is going on. Post Nicholas Karr’s famous diatribe, “Does IT Matter?” (Answer: Not really) executives across the spectrum of company size relegated IT to “plumbing” and […]
Aftershock
Today is Day One Thursday, November 1, 2012, a commentator on TV announced that “Today is Day One.” Our city and our region, grappling with the worse disaster in memory, are inching forward. Everyone is doing their part, government, businesses, NGOs, and individuals. Here at tmg-emedia, we have been very lucky. Our office on 42nd […]
Be afraid… Be very afraid!
Once again the popular media is abuzz with stories of hacking. Most recently the dating site eHarmony was hacked probably by the same perpetrators that hacked LinkedIn, the “corporate” social network, exposing six million user passwords. Six million! A few months earlier, SONY, the one and only, was hacked twice. The first incident, which they […]
“Remember: Not all business is good business.”
With that, he shook my hand and walked out of my office. It was the first real piece of advice I received when I decided to start my own consulting firm, given to me twenty-four years ago in my office on the 52nd floor of the Pan Am building. I remember it like it was […]
The joy of being ignorant!
On March 12, Mr. Caleb Garling posted on WIRED an article titled “Study Says Most IT Guys Are Ignorant” followed by the opening line: “Why can’t the IT guy fix your latest problem? Odds are he’s ignorant.” All this, according to Mr. Garling, based on CompTIA’s report of over 500 U.S. business and IT Managers. […]
Think Globally, Act Locally
In an age where no one thinks twice about jumping on a plane and a few hours later doing business two continents over, you would think that we would have figured out a way to make cell phones to a) work any place on the planet, and b) how not to take out a second […]
Analyze This!
The conference room was modest but very functional – a rarity these days! The two teams had amassed on either side, cordial, eager to complete the deal. We were there representing the buyer. The teams were divided into “operations,” “finance,” and “IT.” Everyone had six weeks to complete all the analysis, and land gracefully into […]
