About

Hi, I’m Vaughan Merlyn, management consultant, researcher, and occasional author.  My primary focus for the last 35 years or so has been and continues to be the use of information and information technology (IT) for business value creation.

This blog explores the realm of the IT organization in large (Fortune 500 class) companies, and how that realm is changing.  I’ve chosen a time horizon of 10 years (2017) based upon the fact that it’s far enough away to allow the imagination a little freedom, close enough to be real and relevant, and, selfishly, spans the final stage of my career (at least, according to actuarial statistics!)

I’m an Executive Vice President with BSG Alliance.   In that role, I participate in multi-company research projects, consult with Fortune 500 type companies, and provide Executive Education.  I try to operate at the intersection of business, IT and people - a challenging but fascinating place to be.  When these three aspects are in harmony, wonderful things happen for all stakeholders.  More commonly, progress is a constant struggle to bring them into harmony.  That struggle is often characterized by dysfunction, tension, and stress for the people (I don’t think technology or process can feel stress, but they sure can cause it for the people that use them or their outputs!)

I’m 61, male, living in the United States, (Roswell, GA) although I was born and grew up in London, England, and moved to the US in 1978.  I came initially for 12 months, and fairly quickly decided to make this a permanent home.  I’m married (39 years!) with a grown up daughter.  I’m also an amateur (very) musician and keen scuba diver.  From time to time I will digress to my hobby passions because I sometimes find interesting connections or insights from them.

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