Posts Tagged "career"

When Doing Less Gets You More

Booze&Co recently published an interesting article as part of their strategy+business series. The title of the article is Six Secrets to Doing Less, written by Matthew May. It is an excerpt from his new book: The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules…

A Personal Thank You for My Half Century

Well this is timely –  December 12 , 2012, my 200th blog post and my 50th birthday. I still can’t believe it because when I look in the mirror or at the mental image of myself, I feel like I am 35…

Should Shouldn’t Matter

An overly large focus on the way things “should be” is one of the biggest inhibitors to innovation and productive action. A focus on what should be rather than what can be inhibits new ideas and siphons off a tremendous amount of…

Reflecting on Management

Five years ago today, I moved from being a senior staff member (Enterprise Architect)  to the Manager, Business Application Services and Enterprise Architecture at BCIT.  Over the past few weeks, I met with many colleagues and friends that I work with for…

Twenty Years and Counting

Today, I celebrate 20 years of service at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. When I joined BCIT on August 31, 1992, I was in my late 20′s. I had been married for 4 years and we had a baby girl who…

My New Adventure

Last week, I accepted a 2 year contract as the Director of Information Technology at the American University of Sharjah in the Emirate of Sharjah  in the United Arab Emirates.  Sharjah is one of seven emirates that are federated together to form the United…

Five Steps To Becoming A Better Business Architect

If you are an established business architect you are most likely already doing most of these items. But if you are new to business architecture or are coming from IT or other operationally focused organizations, you should give each of these steps…

THE FIVE “Vs” OF LEADERSHIP

There are lots of models around describing leadership characteristics and roles. Here is one I have been using for a number of years to introduce the role of the leader. While not a complete model, it does get across some of the…

Shhh…. I’m talking, listen to me!

I just want to be heard. And, OK, maybe understood a little. Agreeing with me would be nice too, but honestly, most of the time I would be content with just being understood. And isn’t that what we all want – to…

WANTED: Experienced Business Architects

Accelare is a dynamic, fast-growing, US based consulting practice. We work with business executives to develop the organizational capabilities they need to successfully execute their strategies and realize their company’s vision.  Founded in 2001 in Boston, MA, Accelare’s name is derived from…
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