Monthly Archives: March 2018

Network Culture Hacks

We’ve written about the need for culture change in networking several times, including: A strong aversion to risk and desire for perceived “safe” incremental changes, leading to the accrual technical…

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If Only We Were Truly Data-Driven… Or Maybe Not

It is an old argument. “If you have all the data, you catch reality, and you have all the insight you need to fully optimize business.” Wired magazine ran an…

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How Does Advertising Work?

Much of the screech about Cambridge Analytica, foreign actors and bots swaying elections via the medium of advertising seems to me naive. (And I’m not the only one.) Setting aside…

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Diversity

Sometimes it is needed to take a position. This is one of those moments. While on the global level the winds blow the other direction, new forms of nationalism dominate…

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How to Staff the Product Owner Role

The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog, and maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team.     As agile delivery…

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Digital Transformation, Disrupted

“Digital transformation” is a collective term that suggests action being taken by an organization. While there are different definitions of the term, generally speaking, it entails an organization taking on a…

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Live streaming’s biggest threat: Drake

C’mon- how often do you get to enmesh one of your most favorite recording artists with your work passion? Literally  never, until recently.Many of you probably saw that a…

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Focus on Customer Insights and Strategy Will Flow

Marketing leaders often ask us questions about how to execute a specific tactic or whether to allocate their budget differently. My first set of questions back to them sounds something…

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Federal Agencies Gain More Time and Money for DCOI Compliance

On November 21, 2017, the President signed the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Enhancement Act of 2017 into law. Among other, current changes, this piece of legislation extends the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) through 2020. However, without … Continue reading

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Blockchain and Central Banks – What Will They Do?

It is not often I can talk about technology and economics at the same time – so when I get the chance I just have to go for it.  I…

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