The Business-IT Gap - and How You Will Close It (From Reading Geek Night 16)

Editor's Notes

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2. STUPID\nGRASPING\nSTYLE OVER SUBSTANCE\nM3 AND A BLUETOOTH HEADSET\n£200 CHINESE SUIT PRETENDING TO BE SAVILE ROW\n
3. NERD/GEEK \nTALK TO YOU ABOUT FIXING YOUR COMPUTER AND ABOUT COMIC BOOKS\n
4. NERDS CARE\nNERDS WANT TO EXCEL\n
5. NO\nPRIDE\nEXCELLENCE\nREGARD\nDAN PINK: DRIVE\n
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7. NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES\nWE'RE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THAT WE WANT TO HATE EACH OTHER\n
8. PAUL GRAHAM\nGENERALISATION\nNOT 100% ACCURATE\n
9. agile\nPM DOI\nChaordic organisations (eg VISA)\norg structure - no director of telephones - millenium bug\nmotivation/performance management\nskunkworks-type approaches\n\nsystems thinking/design based management\n
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11. Merlin Mann First person transitive - I drank the coffee\n\nTransactional analysis - Karpman drama triangle\n\nCulture is doing what we’re rewarded for, and doing what people we admire do - then we can change culture by becoming admirable\n\nYou can only control how you view, consider & react to things\nYou can, maybe, influence others\n\ndefine acceptable behaviour - rules for access\n\nKissinger quote on why academic politics are so vicious, because they are so unimportant\nWhen do you know when you have enough information\nRespect the time & attention of others - teach them to respect yours - @agenda lists\n
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