Craig Le Clair shared the stage this morning with Steven J Spear (author of the book “Chasing the Rabbit” and new book “The High-Velocity Edge“) to talk about complex business situations and how to support them. Continue reading
Just a quick post about an excellent article: “Social Business Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does, Neither Does Enterprise 2.0” by Deb Lavoy arguing that these are not technological trends, but rather cultural trends. Continue reading
The book “Social BPM: Work, Planning and Collaboration Under the Impact of Social Technology” was released in June, and I became more enthusiastic the more I read. Here is my review of the chapters of this very timely book. Continue reading
As the Social Business meme becomes more mainstream, people are starting to ask “What is the real connection with ‘Social’ after all?” and “Isn’t the connection to ‘Social’ a bit overblown?” After all, we really are not talking about literally placing Facebook (as the canonical example) inside a business. Why, then, call it social? Continue reading
Web site security is a very important issue to me. I find it frustrating sometimes dealing with people who operate based more on superstition and urban legends than on solid principles. Part 4 is about some strange behavior I have seen in security groups and other insanity.
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Web site security is a very important issue to me. I find it frustrating sometimes dealing with people who operate based more on superstition and urban legends than on solid principles. Part 3 is about an experience I had with a public forum, and their justification for deviating from these guidelines. Continue reading
A quick review of a second article in Harvard Business Review this month on Complexity. This one is “Learning to Live with Complexity” by Gökçe Sargut and Rita Gunther McGrath. Continue reading
Web site security is a very important issue to me. I find it frustrating sometimes dealing with the “security experts” in IT who operate based more on superstition and urban legends than on solid principles. Part 2 is in response to my meeting with such a “security expert”. Continue reading
Web site security is a very important issue to me. Every application, every information resource, must be built strong enough to put in the Internet, to reliably deliver information to those allowed access, and prevent delivery to those who are not. I find it frustrating sometimes dealing with the “security experts” in IT who operate based more on superstition and urban legends than on solid principles. Part 1 lays down the requirements for a secure web application. Today’s post is prompted by my meeting with such a security expert. Continue reading
Just a quick note to bring your attention the September issue of Harvard Business Review, which is on complexity! Michael J. Mauboussin is interviewed in an article title “Embracing Complexity“. Continue reading
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