Traditional IT services offerings and categories are becoming less relevant.  Models that help customers implement and simply manage the software are no longer enough. They do not produce long term sustainable outcomes and customers are justifiably dissatisfied. Right now customers need service providers designed to help them reduce operational complexity, …

Leading a successful IT transformation at a large institution like the Internal Revenue Service, the focus of the final five years of my government career, is a complex, difficult task, but not impossible. It’s a rewarding journey full of ups and downs that requires patience, persistence, resilience, coalition building, and …

How far would you go for something you don’t believe will succeed? As an IT leader, how much can you push your organization to embrace your project if you, the person who started it, doubt it will achieve its intended purpose? Would you really give your best to something you …

When we talk to business leaders about IT power users, most don’t know whether they have any, or how to create them. Some have never heard the term. If that sounds like you, that’s a problem – a big one. Because without power users, you won’t achieve full adoption of …

Data about your company’s technology environment can be your greatest ally. It can help direct scarce resources, depict progress toward a strategic goal, or convince the board to invest in a specific area. Without data, you’re working off instinct, keeping your fingers crossed during change related incidents, and trying to …

True or False: First Call Resolution is the best indicator of Service Desk performance and is a good indicator of the quality of service your clients are receiving. Answer: False. While many organizations continue to use First Call Resolution for this purpose, entirely too much emphasis is placed on it. …

As someone who has spent a career in the IT services field, in both the public and private sectors, there’s one thing I’ve seen too often: When it comes to new technology deployments, enterprises fail to understand how important training is to the success of their employees and to the …

IT departments are famous for creating enormous value no one understands. Only 4% of IT leaders surveyed last year described their teams’ communication with non-IT colleagues as “highly effective”, and according to CIO magazine, communication between IT and non-IT professionals is in a state of crisis. Poor communication is problematic …

When companies deploy a new software solution, they do so because they believe it will solve a growing problem, create a new capability, or drive efficiency. Part of your organization’s success may hinge on an effective deployment. If it goes well, that’s great. But if it doesn’t – well, you’re …

Traditional IT Management Consulting uses fear, doubt and powerful relationships to sell business leaders promises of game changing outcomes. They make the simple complex, extremely expensive and then get paid to simplify it again. Too many times getting paid to waste time and money to point the finger at their competitor, the IT department. How is …