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3 Linking Mechanisms that Shape a Company’s Foundation

Your company’s foundation for execution will make or break your survival in the market for the long haul. How can you incrementally build and shape the foundation, while executing projects? How do you connect and align IT with your business vision, while shaping your foundation for execution? You can use three linking mechanisms to build …

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Simple Enterprise Strategy

One of the challenges my General Manager put on my plate, was to tell a simple story, as simply as possible, about the essence of doing Enterprise Strategy.  Here is what I ended up with: The way I told the story is … We use scenarios to scope meaningful chunks of change (vs. boil the …

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Why Some Companies Execute Better

Execution is king.  That’s what one of my most seasoned mentors taught me, early on at Microsoft. I’m always on the hunt for principles, patterns, and practices that improve execution, whether at the individual, team, or organization level. Technology Can Disrupt or Distract It’s fun to take a balcony view across companies, and see different …

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The Microsoft Story

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker What is the Microsoft story?  Is there more to the story, than a “lost decade”?  (BTW – if you were a developer during the time, you probably experienced some of the most intense transformations … *wild ride*, feels more like it.) …

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Steve Ballmer On a Big Vision — To Help People Realize Their Full Potential

I think “to help people realize their full potential” and “to change the world” is why a lot of Softies come together. It’s the life-blood that flows through our veins. Softies come from all walks of life.  But there seems to be a common bond when it comes to sharing the Microsoft vision, the mission, …

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