When I got my first job in the IT industry at HP way back when, the enlightened management style that I encountered was a revelation. I had worked early in my career at large, “old-school” industrial companies where “top down”, authoritarian management approaches (and other practices much worse) were still the norm. The management style […]
The Tech Industry Balancing Act: Innovation vs. Process
The question of how to balance innovation and process is an age-old management argument in companies of many types, but is especially critical in software and hardware companies. Which is more effective: a “looser” work culture which allows experimentation and “constructive failure”, thereby fostering innovation — or a more tightly-controlled environment that puts a premium […]
Optimal Levels of Formal Process in High Tech Companies
The level of formal process in an organization is a pretty esoteric topic that I haven’t seen discussed very often, or in very much depth. Yet I believe it is critically important to any CEO looking to grow a company, particularly a software or hardware technology-based company. The reason I believe it is so important […]
The New Corporation and Chronic Unemployment
This article is written primarily for my US readers, although anyone participating in the US marketplace may also have an interest. As I write this article we just had a good economic report. US unemployment dropped from 7.3% to 7.0% Yet the unemployment rate has now been stuck stubbornly at 7% or above for a […]
The Future of Wireless Communications
Land Lines are going away, right? Everyone says so. We hire young women, generally in their twenties, to help take care of my son. I can’t remember the last time one of their phones had an Area Code associated with the place they are currently living. That’s because they don’t use landlines–many people in their […]
