Links for Sept 5 2010
How Be An Effective Corporate Ambassador by David Armano on Logic+Emotion
Quote: An individual who aligns themselves with a larger organization and has established a reputation, let’s say in a niche is no longer representing themselves, they represent themselves, and the organization they work for. In other words, they become ambassadors for both.
IT in the Age of the Empowered Employee by Ted Schadler on Harvard Business Review
Quote: Are you building a new contract to empower employees to solve the problems of empowered customers? Are you running into barriers? Finding successes? In either case, I’d love to hear about it.
Study Refutes Nick Carr, Shows Data & IT Do Matter by Eric Lai on ZDNet
Quote: Lots of people have debated Nicholas Carr’s argument that IT Doesn’t Matter Anymore in the last 7 years, but few have offered new empirical evidence one way or the other. Now there is some – and it refutes Carr.
Trust Me, I’m from HR/ IT/ Legal/ Finance ! by Charles H. Green on Trust Matters
Quote: When we hear the phrase “Trusted Advisor,” most of us think of external experts: consultants, actuaries, accountants, lawyers, the professions. But there is another group for whom that term is at least as relevant—maybe even more so. That group is made up of internal staff functions: and mainly the “Staff Big Four:” HR, IT, Legal and Finance.
The first step is to start – by Jason Z on 37signals
Quote: Many people ask me, “How can I get started in web design?” or, “What skills do I need to start making web applications?” While it would be easy to recommend stacks of books, and dozens of articles with 55 tips for being 115% better than the next guy, the truth is that you don’t need learn anything new in order to begin. The most important thing is simply to start.
Quote: The consumerization of IT is something that Gartner has written about extensively as a phenomenon where the technology people have in their homes is superior to the technology people use at their workplace. While that presents challenges to CIOs and IT executives, there is a deeper and more profound change going on. The consumer market is starting to matter more to technology providers than business marketplace and demands.