Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Doing the opposite has always been a smart strategy for breakthrough. Today, though, it has special implications, because in so many ways our entire world and everything about it is going through an intensely rapid and comprehensive reversal. The acceleration of digital technology is turning conditions on their heads, creating a profound shift in the…
There is constant pressure to do the urgent things that come in but even without the urgent stuff, IT backlogs typically are huge and new requests may get placed so far down the list it’s more like saying “No” than actually doing anything about it. In this economy and job market, people don’t want to…
Despite the historical tendency for businesses to slow spending and weigh investment decisions more carefully during a recession, a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the business information arm of The Economist Group, publisher of The Economist, found that business decision-making is actually accelerating due to the recession. In today’s challenging business environment, the report…