My wife and I are currently on safari in East Africa for the first time. And while I marvel at the natural wonders surrounding us each day, I am equally drawn to the many effective uses of technology that follow us into the bush. Some of these uses are pleasant reminders of tech’s ubiquity in […]
I have long argued for the importance of physical proximity in the workplace. From my experience getting in the same room as your colleagues and stakeholders offers certain benefits that even the most advanced communications technology could never replicate. This is not a popular opinion. I am constantly attacked on it- either by clients wondering […]
IT has finally made it! Good news, right? ‘Geekiness” has conquered the broader culture and tech is rewriting every corner of the business. Unfortunately, all this outside interest in IT doesn’t always translate into support for IT itself, and the broader cultural narratives we hear aren’t often as pro-IT as we would hope. Popular images […]
I recently read an eye-opening piece in the New York Times titled Millenial Searchers, which finds (contrary to popular opinion) young people born after 1980 are decreasingly interested with chasing material success and increasingly concerned with finding meaning in what they do. A great article, though it got one point wrong- it isn’t just Millenials, […]
