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Most of the time principles is viewed as the highest form of governance. From random principles to actual governance entities there is sometimes a long road to travel. I use various templates to ease the pain of crafting the principles such that they can be considered expertly constructed, expressed in the finest of language and […]
Continued from Part 2 (This blog post does not read very well if you haven’t already read Part 1 and Part 2). The full article is also available as a PDF document. Developing skills requires keeping the game alive A key requirement to develop gameplay skills is to keep the ball in play. Strokeplay that results in ending the […]
Continued from Part 1 (This blog post does not read very well if you haven’t already read Part 1). The full article is also available as a PDF document. Closed and forgiving environments breed bad habits Closed environments are those where the efforts of individuals within it are subject to little or no peer interactions. Forgiving environments are those […]
Could the sport of Squash also teach us some useful organizational lessons? While the analogies between learning Squash and developing professional skills aren’t exact, both involve similar processes. Competitive sports mean game players become serious about having fun. The same spirit of having serious fun is sometimes absent from compartmentalized workplaces, where work seems to […]
Obama IT Czar Leaves D.C. for Harvard – Technorati IT
Setting direction is easy. Executing transformation is hard.
“A massive task and challenge awaited Mr. Kundra as he sought to change the direction of the government’s $80 billion annual Information Technology budget. In December 2010 the changes in direction were outlined in his 25 point plan to reform government IT.
Reports of his success levels vary, but no doubt Kundra stirred the pot and set a direction. Changing the direction of anything at the Federal government is not for the faint or impatient heart.”
tags: execution transformation IT government
High Scalability – High Scalability – 35+ Use Cases for Choosing Your Next NoSQL Database
“We’ve asked What The Heck Are You Actually Using NoSQL For?. We’ve asked 101 Questions To Ask When Considering A NoSQL Database. We’ve even had a webinar What Should I Do? Choosing SQL, NoSQL or Both for Scalable Web Applications.
Now we get to the point of considering use cases and which systems might be appropriate for those use cases.”
tags: scalability nosql
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