Will Moore’s law find its way to the cloud?
Moore’s Law states that computer system performance/price ratio will double every two years. And that was very much my expectation…
Good-bye, Washington!
The Teradata Partners Conference 2009 is over, and my impression is that I have met a lot of optimistic, and…
Embrace the medium
An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.” Applied to software, this means building applications that…
It’s not about recovery, it’s about reinvention!
Ever since Lehman Bros collapsed and we went into this accelerated financial tumble I have routinely been asked by vendors,…
The Change Leader of Tomorrow
The change leader of tomorrow will not be a left brained technologist, but they will understand the implications of technology.…
Building Better Businesses by Tearing Them Down First
When you really start to think about social media and start to listen in to what “consultants” are telling their…
Book Review: Death By Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
I've been trying to read more about effective work habits, including tips on running model reviews and meetings in general.…
Book Review: Data Modeling for Business
A couple of weeks ago, I book-swapped with author Donna Burbank. She has a new book entitled Data Modeling for…
Foster integrative thinking and collaboration across fields
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on what Peter Drucker would say about what is required of leaders in the twenty-first century: Drucker…
Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0
I'm a believer and supporter of the social business transformation that is starting, and that should come as no surprise…