Angelina Jolie had some bad news to share in May 2013 when she told the world about her double mastectomy. Jolie spoke about her condition in an article called “My Medical Choice” in the New York Times. But if you Google “Angelina Jolie double mastectomy,” the Times’ article does not show up in the first…
There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. So when your startup steps in to a crowded market, you run a real risk of being ignored. It’s why startups spend so much time differentiating themselves. Enter Pitchswag in to the crowded incubator space. There are lots…
At the turn of the last century, it was taboo to talk about stinky armpits. It just wasn’t done in polite society. You stuck cotton wool or pads under your oxter, soaked up the sweat and said no more about it. There was no deodorant and, besides, it would have been tough to sell it…
With firm Medieval traditions and a largely unchanged Victorian delivery system, is it any wonder modern employers demand better of its “output”? The complaints vary by country about university education, but money is always an issue. The added twist in America is the debt load taken on by students. That now stands at €1.2 trillion!…
In a series of recent posts, I looked at how IT can position itself inside an organization to drive innovation. Implicit in those posts was the assumption that innovation is beneficial to the business. But how do you measure that? 4 Steps from Boring Service to IT Innovation IT: A Quick Sanity Check Before Becoming…
So you didn’t get in to IT to be a glorified butler or waiter? Yet you find yourself in a reactive/passive environment with gazillions of dollars worth of IT stuff behind you — stuff that could power the organization ahead. Part of the problem might be your, or somebody else’s, thinking. Listen to some of…
A previous post looked at some types of IT department from butlers to entrepreneurs. The butlers are more reactive while the entrepreneurs, obviously, are more proactive by launching themselves at business problems. If you feel you are viewed as a butler, and chafing at the role, the suggestion was to first build a solid IT…
In the world of IT, there is a strong emphasis on keeping the lights on. You don’t want to do anything that will cause an outage. The last thing you need is some senior VP, with a face on him like a slapped arse, standing at your desk demanding answers. This leads to a conservatism…
At work in IT, there is just one situation where I joke that the solution is to move to a country with no extradition. Which of the following two do you think it is: An innovation fails to get off the ground? A file server cannot be restored? Everyone in IT knows all too well…
Many of these social sites have had their day, according to this MyLife.com infographic. Some of them, such as Google+ and MySpace, are still around. While the likes of Orkut is a big regional, but not global, player. Either way, the usage graphs for each site show how quickly they rose and fell. Courtesy of:…