In many organizations, employees know more about their work than their managers. This reality should force organizations that still cling to the old, top-down style of managing to recognize that many employees today are very capable of managing themselves https://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/a-new-role-for-management-in-todays-post-industrial-organization/ With this opening salvo, Mitch McCrimmon writing in the Ivey Business Journal, gets to the … Continue reading Redefining and reinventing project management for today’s post industrial digital age
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Getting DevOps right : It is not just about technology, leadership and management matters
It is a truism that to realise the benefits of a technology driven change initiative the focus has to be on deliberate leadership and management of the initiative, rather than an exclusive focus on technology and tools. However, that obvious truth gets lost, in the euphoria and excitement about the latest technology, especially in technologically … Continue reading Getting DevOps right : It is not just about technology, leadership and management matters
Microsoft 365 : Help for the unsung
With more than 90% of the world's data created in just the past few years, companies and individuals struggle to keep up with the accompanying security threats. Luckily, The Unsung are here to help. They are the IT professionals who go largely unnoticed in the backdrop of offices around the world. They are hard at … Continue reading Microsoft 365 : Help for the unsung
To safeguard and grow your business : Invest in Information Security
Canadian small and medium sized businesses safeguard and grow your business with Microsoft 365 Business and RTI Consulting Services
Information security : A pre-requisite for business agility
It is a given that businesses need to become agile to remain competitive, and businesses become agile by embracing digital technologies and the digital way of working. However, a non-negotiable pre-requisite for digitally enabled business agility is information security. At RTI Consulting Services, we believe Microsoft 365 offers a simple, elegant and cost-effective way of … Continue reading Information security : A pre-requisite for business agility
Go agile or go extinct : Reiventing project management for the digital age
As this is fundamental to getting Agile right, let me begin by reiterating what I said earlier,the two aspects of Agile - an agile mindset, and agile methods and their associated practices need to go hand in hand. A mindset without the methods and practices is non-practicable Agile, while methods without the Agile mindset will result … Continue reading Go agile or go extinct : Reiventing project management for the digital age
Agile practice guide : What is Agile and why getting the definition right matters
Agile - It is both the mindset and the method Agile is everywhere in the world of work - in casual conversations, in formal management meetings, even in boardrooms - there is constant chatter about Agile.Where ever you turn, some one seems to be mouthing an ever-expanding stream of agile phrases - daily standup, xp, … Continue reading Agile practice guide : What is Agile and why getting the definition right matters
Agile practices without an agile mindset = Cargo cult agile
Something similar to Cargo cult science, seems to be happening with the way the Agile is being implemented in projects. Cargo cult science is a phrase describing practices that have the semblance of being scientific, but do not in fact follow the scientific method
Leverage project management to maximize the value of agile
There is little doubt that organizations are embracing the agile way of working , in a big way. What is also clear is that organizations fail to fully realize the value of agile. The primary reason for this failure to maximize the value of agile, is the overlooking of the role of project management to … Continue reading Leverage project management to maximize the value of agile
Deliver a better customer experience with Office 365
Businesses large and small must innovate to set themselves apart. They must meet their customers' needs, but also put practices and tools in place to quickly pivot as their customers' needs change. Kelly Services has helped millions of people find jobs by doing just this. They quickly match the right people with the right jobs, … Continue reading Deliver a better customer experience with Office 365