Leadership is one of those tricky words where it can mean so many different things to different people it is hard to know what is meant by it. I came across this definition several years ago and it is the first one that really resonated with me: You know there is good leadership happening when…
Read MoreJust the Facts Mam, Where’s the Data? Data is king Especially when trying to make trade-offs between competing perspectives. Frequently, organizations will understand that they have a gap/need in an area and quickly purchase a tool to solve that issue. Then, due to lack of time and shifting priorities, never fully implement the tool. This leaves the organization…
Read MorePrinciples, Capabilities, and Processes – oh-my! Security is not a small topic. And yet, in the modern “knowledge worker” oriented business where practically everyone in the organization is working deeply with technology, security is everybody’s problem. So how to re-build a security program to meet this challenge? Now, there are LOTS of security and risk…
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Time is the most precious resource we have, much more so then money. It is possible to make more money, but time, once spent is forever lost to us. And yet, every organization that I have ever been in talks about how bad meetings are. How many meetings everybody has to attend, never knowing what…
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