"Everything rises or falls on leadership."
John Maxwell
______________

"The scope and scale of the ability to Lead is defined by the demonstration of the commitment to Serve."
J E Garr III


----------
'The leader of the past was a person who told,’ Peter Drucker once said. ‘The leader of the future will be a person who asks.’
Robert Kramer, director, exec ed programs, American University

-------------------

"Leadership is about change. It’s about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be. The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations.”
Noel Tichy, "The Leadership Engine"

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

“Real change opens doors.”

Just read an article by Steve Duplessie on the Enterprise Strategy Group web site. I think this guy hits the nail on the head as he talks about business process and its effects on the costing structure of an organization. If you have the time, I’d encourage you to read the enter article.

This particular article uses an orgs IT Test and Development process as an example of how things are not done efficiently. I do see a few similarities…. While the power and cooling savings are a consideration my main interest was in the process itself and how broken that seems to be. The process exudes non-efficiencies which translate into loss of revenue or the wasting of operating capital better invested elsewhere.

As a member of the Application Development Group, I can vouch that we will be looking more closely at this process internally and trying to figure out ways to improve it. Hmmmm sure like the sound of “Data Repurpose Policy”…..food for thought.

TAFN

No comments: