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Taking Time to Assess the IT Plan

Taking Time to Assess the IT Plan

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Twice a year, I get my greater IT team together to assess the tactical plan for the next six months and gather input looking forward to the next three years.  I found this process to be insightful, thought-provoking, and personally challenging.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, enjoys having someone poke holes in their plans for eight plus hours.  However, if this is not done regularly than my plans and assumptions may be completely off or develop gaps large enough park a small data…

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An iPad to Bring Them All Together

An iPad to Bring Them All Together

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The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look at the specification and potential uses of the device. I am a core Windows/Intel person. I have based my career on these company standards, so when I was considering an Apple iPad, it was a fundamental shift in my thinking. To my very pleasant surprise,…

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Sliding Back Into Bad Habits

Sliding Back Into Bad Habits

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We work hard to stay on the straight and narrow path by staying focused in our work and driving towards our goals. However, as the pressure and demands on us increase, our focus begins to break down and bad old habits that we believed had been conquered long ago begin to emerge once again. Our clarity is diminished as if we are looking through a broken window. Recently, I fell into this trap. In an effort to move several personal and professional projects forward, I slid…

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Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

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Who needs to show commitment first, the company to a new employee or the new employee to the company? By new employee, I mean any person who is newly working for a company as an employee, temporary staff, contractor, consultant, or intern. Before you answer, I see no third option, as the canned response of “well, both the company and employee should show commitment to each other” is just a wishful dream and only exist in the realm of utopian theory….

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