The Coming Business Analyst Surge
With so much talk about “productivity transformation” and moving businesses to the “digital workplace,” I really thought we would see a huge spike in the...
Category: Random Thoughts
Brief Musical Interlude
I’m usually not a fan of radio, but this morning while dropping my youngest off at school, I had a random station playing in the...
#Zune Retro Ads
Great product, late to market, confusing but visually brilliant ad campaigns. Oh Zune, you left us too soon. If only you were still around –...
The Illusion of Control
In the latest edition of Harvard Business Review (Jan-Feb 2017) there is a short article that caught my attention: “Algorithms: People Like the Illusion of...
How Are You Leveraging Your Intellectual Capital?
Years back, before I entered the SharePoint space, I was working as a consultant for a company that create a sort of “think tank” under...
Good UX Directly Impacts User Productivity
When I first read The Goal by Eli Goldratt, it had been following a discussion with some of our service technicians who had been talking...
The Things We Ignore When Focusing on Technology
I was reading Marc Anderson’s (@sympmarc) post on the SPTechCon newsletter this afternoon, and after completing my slow clap with affirmative nod in his general...
Recognizing The Value of Strategic Planning
Looking back on my career, it’s amazing to think that I’ve been through 7 separate business acquisitions — including two companies that I co-founded (QOSES...
Thinking More Like a Business Analyst
Increasingly, information workers are tasked with translating between the business and technology teams. If you were brought on as a Business Analyst, your role is...
Understanding Different Collaboration Styles
One of the sure-fire ways to boost adoption of any collaboration platform is to match the technology to the culture and requirements of your organization...
