Middle management blocking blogs, wikis, syndication

Clint Boulton reports on an Enterprise 2.0 panel that tackled one of the most frustrating barriers to collaboration adoption — middle managers (here). 
Middle management is one of the key obstacles to the adoption of user-generated content tools such as blogs, wikis and RSS feeds in businesses…[per Sean Dennehy from the CIA:] ”They’re not onboard yet. They’re not [...]

CIOs, CxOs, and strategy

Frank M. at PM Think had a brief post on diverging business<>IT views of the role of IT.   This reminded me of many discussions with CIOs and our SAP strategy guys about overcoming this disconnect.
My take is that this issue has been driven by a basic conflict: CIOs see themselves as strategic when many of the businesses [...]

Manage Vendors Wisely — Tips from Project Failure Blog

I’m commenting on the project success checklist at Michael Krigsman’s Project Failure Blog.. My comments are scattered among his notes (excerpted below). I’d love to hear your comments on the details behind some of these factors as we go …
4. Manage vendors wisely — IT projects often involve extensive interaction with software vendors, consultants, training [...]

Pareto, Saas, and the “Real World” (Part 2)

NOTE: For clarity, I separated this post from the earlier post on SaaS and implementation costs.
Of course, while RICEF+Workflow needs to happen — somehow, someway — that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to make it easier.  In fact, the SaaS vendors have some sweet widgety and Web 2.0 ways of making reports, interfaces, etc. easier [...]