In my time in software (Delivery, Sales, and Support), I’ve learned a few inevitable truths related to the dynamics of the groups within a Software Organization. I’m sure many would dispute some of these – so I’d love your thoughts, additions, and amendments. The best software companies are fully aware of the above. The…
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. – Peter Drucker If this is the case, why is Change Management, an effort to address the Cultural underpinnings of Change Initiatives, often seen as wasteful? We think about the technology, battle over price and then completely ignore that the technology being introduced is the “strategy” part of Drucker’s…
The term technostress was first introduced by the American psychotherapist Craig Brod in 1984 – well before technology dominated our lives. But, according to Joanne Griffen, author of Humology, even before the digital age, Brod described this new form of stress as “a modern disease of adaptation caused by an inability to cope with the new computer technologies…