How good or bad will our economy be going forward? No one knows for sure, of course. But as I write this article US unemployment is approaching numbers not seen since the great depression, and the world economy as a whole isn’t much better off. Yet the US stock market (with the benefit of massive […]
6 Egregious Habits of IT Company CEOs
My first job in the IT industry was at HP way back when. The enlightened management style that I encountered at the time was a revelation. I had worked early in my career at large, “old-school” industrial companies. “Top-down” authoritarian management approaches (and other practices much worse) in that industry were still the norm. The […]
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 “loose” work culture that allows experimentation and “constructive failure”, thereby fostering innovation. Or a more tightly-controlled environment that puts a premium on […]
Optimal Levels of Formal Process in High Tech Companies
The level of formal process in an organization is a pretty esoteric topic. I haven’t seen it 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. I believe it is so important that how […]
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 […]
