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thingamy: Beyond the crisis - the importance of wealth creation and enterprise software

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Laquo; Anatomy of a financial crisis - where are we going? Jazz, Zen and enterprise life ». Beyond the crisis - the importance of wealth creation and enterprise software. 2009 looks bleak, people are nervous, businesses have found the handbrake and sounds of changing gears without using the clutch can be heard. As I said to my EI. The other day - you have two choices:. Try to understand whats happening and get a grip on the future so you can prepare a defence (futile on all counts I would say), or .

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thingamy: Think I nailed it

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Building by taking apart ». Think I nailed it. One single model for all Barely Repeatable Processes: IMCI, OODA and uttering of eureka! Most of this summer Ive been busy building real world pilots, process model templates for Thingamy. When implemented and tested (such radical stuff) always inspires straight and honest reactions from uninitiated users - reactions that frequently had me slapping my forehead, utter a duh! A summer of Aha! S and Real Leaps Forward. Then my good friend Adrian went hey, that ...

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thingamy: What they miss out on in Davos

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Laquo; Blame it on JP and Susan! Does enterprise software induce sadness? What they miss out on in Davos. Good thing about working from home is that I can watch webstreams from conferences - these days its the fun theyre having up in Davos. Obviously much is about the crisis, what happened, how to fix it and how the heck did it happen. More and better regulation being one of the main themes of course, following the human inclination to grab more control when things goes. ehh. out of control! Let me ask: ...

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thingamy: The fallacy of IT productivity tools

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Laquo; Increase profits by working less. Habits inhibits ». The fallacy of IT productivity tools. Good thing we humans are flexible, able as we are to handle all kinds of tasks with sometimes far too little training. I was useful at best, but at least I filled some vacant positions making some manager look good on paper. If organisations had parts like engines and you promoted the exhaust manifold to be a gearbox the result would not be very successful. Luckily the human flywheel can do stints as spa...

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thingamy: Legacy Enterprise Software is not strategic

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Laquo; E 2.0 - not joining the debate, but. Legacy Enterprise Software impedes gravity ». Legacy Enterprise Software is not strategic. Despite being involved with some. Radically different Enterprise Software I have been fortunate enough to be frequently invited to study the wares and future plans of many legacy systems vendors. So again last week, with some of my EI. Friends, enjoying the latest. And shiniest offer from a major SaaS vendor. Being very good seems to suffice for the best ones. 2) Make the...

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thingamy: Legacy Enterprise Software impedes gravity

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Laquo; Legacy Enterprise Software is not strategic. Discovering the universal Business core ». Legacy Enterprise Software impedes gravity. Movement requires a force. Gravity or electromagnetic force is not enough, a clear unobstructed path is required as well. The nature of the force is important; gravity is free and universally present while electromagnetic force has to be applied locally, repeatedly, and consumes power itself. A human being is not a steel ball so the management version of magnetic puls...

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thingamy: Business framework explained - the true version

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Laquo; The story of our times - time to abolish accounting as we know it. Economic growth - what's next? Business framework explained - the true version. Business is about process, typically starting with a customer calling, then proceeding through a sequence of tasks and activities ending with the delivery of some value. So we can get together, listen and pounce on presentations or remarks made by those we do not like. Actually meant to be a place where work is distributed and then later dissected.

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thingamy: Is Gartner "getting it"?

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Laquo; Building by taking apart. Do something instead of doing things to get something done ». Is Gartner "getting it"? Ve found a huge issue, but not so much a solution.). Always a pleasure to read a blog post. With revelations like this:. The hidden costs of unstructured processes: although a lot of focus of BPM efforts (time and money) is on structured processes, as much as 60% of an organization’s processes are unstructured and probably also unmonitored, unmanaged, unknown and unruly. And its not BPM.

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thingamy: Ownership, the secret ingredient

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Laquo; Where's your Capital? A Government Dilemma ». Ownership, the secret ingredient. Inject the most secret, largely misunderstood but highly efficient ingredient into your company. Daring recipe to follow, only for the brave. . My football team won! 0160;We did that! 0160;Thats my house! No amount of deeds and keys would help, it would not be mine. 0160;I did that! 0160;I Made it! Accomplishment, the pride in sealing the ownership to work well done. . So why bother with ownership and pride? Pure monet...

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thingamy: transactions, accounting, bah humbug

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Laquo; problem solving app in 17 minutes. Ideas, problems, broken arms - social objects ». Transactions, accounting, bah humbug. In these tax return days, please raise your hands all who love accounting. Anybody? Accounting - double-entry bookkeeping - transactions. Basically unchanged since 1494. Did they have computers in 1494? So why do we keep doing it the same way the Venetians did it? The double-entry bookkeeping has one requirement: Register transactions. In reality most of "how we do things" in b...