Whenever I read, I’m always trying to mine “knowledge nuggets” for additions into my collection of business transformation guiding principles. Recently, while re-reading Tribe of Mentors, I stumbled upon what is one of my new favorite business quotes. It is a seemingly innocuous comment by Temple Grandin during an interview for the book. It goes […]
I have a problem with the often-used expression: best practices. Phew… There I said it. I’ve been holding that in for a while… But why you ask? The definition of Best practice is: Noun. Commercial or professional procedures that are accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Oxford Dictionary On the other hand, […]
Having now been involved in a dozen system implementations, I believe that defining guiding principles for your IT initiatives is “necessary but not sufficient”. Guiding principles are a set of heuristics that guide organizational decision making in a common direction. However, if defined during a one-off activity at the outset of a project they will […]
I’ve heard “purchasing” and “procurement” used synonymously more times than I can count. Though these terms refer to concepts in the same realm, it’s important to understand the nuance between the two when “nerding out” in functional discussions (Oh… Am I the only one who does that?). All kidding aside, the distinction is important enough […]
You’ve been experimenting with a proof of concept in the Internet of Things (IoT), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Blockchain space and you’ve unearthed some interesting use cases for your business. You’re excited because you’ve done the math and rolling out this new technology to the business could generate […]
