I’ve been thinking of management as a technology for some time. Now this. And the related data set.
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McKinsey, ten years after I started saying that we should be focusing on using technology to change how we manage rather than over complicating how we manage technology, is now saying companies that integrate Web 2.0 technologies into their work flows perform better: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Organization/Strategic_Organization/The_rise_of_the_networked_enterprise_Web_20_finds_its_payday_2716 Shame people have to wait until the data is available before […]
From Dan Pink’s TED talk on “The Surprising Science of Motivation”: “In the 20th century we came up with this idea of management. Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree it’s a television set. Okay? – Somebody invented it. And it doesn’t mean it’s going to work forever… Traditional notions of […]
When I began my career in the 1990s I quickly got frustrated with the idea that “quality is everybody’s responsibility”. If you remember corporate environments at that time you’ll remember this expression. To me it didn’t mean much. To me this was like saying your happiness is your own responsibility. It was self-evidently true but […]
A16z Podcast: Engineering a Revolution at Work | Andreessen Horowitz: “today’s cloud-based tools change the role of managers” Including this: “Theses are the things to me that are just these huge cultural shifts in how you manage an organisation. What your role of a manager is in a meeting is no longer to be reported […]
Now that data scientists and cloud BI are going mainstream (a nice overview of trends here: http://www.tableausoftware.com/about/blog/2013/12/top-10-trends-business-intelligence-2014-27275) we are finally seeing information management evolve into information-enabled business transformation. This is an important evolution from my perspective. To be able to use some solid IM foundational capabilities as building blocks for true business transformation is my […]
Technology-augmented markets are the ‘why’ of technology implementations. This component of the MWT Model provides purpose, direction, and insight into technology-enabled business transformation projects. Implementation of an information system which doesn’t also transform management practices into a highly transparent market-based approach will not longer deliver competitive advantage. The types of technologies currently being deployed to […]
I conducted a very interesting experiment this week. I presented a basic information management roadmap workshop at a business process management (BPM) conference. It went quite well and I think (and know from feedback) that most people got something of value out of it. That’s not to say it didn’t have the awkwardness of an […]
Business impact of information management 101: NSW Govt blames IT systems for caseworker shortfall – Software – Technology – News – iTnews.com.au: “NSW’s Department of Families and Community Services (FACS) has blamed dodgy data for public confusion over its caseworker numbers. The NSW Parliament’s upper house is currently investigating claims FACS minister Pru Goward intentionally […]
I’m increasingly seeing the management and architecture disciplines as being in a race to control organisations. Both groups show behaviours that suggest they are trying to extend their own discipline to encompass more of the organisation. Equally, both groups work hard to exclude areas they are not comfortable with from their responsibilities. Architects want to […]