Goodby, Shadow IT - Hello, Shadow IT

In our multi-company research WebEx call earlier this week a participant reflected on the changing attitudes to “Shadow IT” - that term IT professionals give to non-IT professionals when they ’step into their IT professional turf’ and do stuff that should have been ‘better left to the professionals.’
The Shadow IT phenomenon is a great example [...]

New Year’s Resolutions for Reaching Level 3

 
Some suggestions for IT leaders who are determined to drive up the business value and impact of Information Technology during 2008:

I resolve to be more effective in raising awareness of the potential for information technology to drive business growth.  I will bring ‘marketing thinking’ to my IT organization, and focus on improving our business communications.  [...]

Time to Foment a Revolution - Part 1

In the interests of being controversial and stimulating some potentially enlightening debate, I was thinking today about “shadow IT” and their role in the world of IT organizations circa 2017.
To be clear, I’ve spent much of my consulting career helping IT organizational leaders eliminate (or at least, reduce) the scourge of the dreaded “shadow IT.”  [...]