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Fresh Links Sundae – January 19, 2014 Edition

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dreamstime_xs_22202715 (240x178)Fresh Links Sundae encapsulates information I have come across during the past week. Often they are from the people whose work I admire or resonate with me. I hope you will find these ideas thought-provoking at the minimum. Even better, I hope these ideas will, over time, help my fellow IT pros make better decisions, be awesome, and kick ass!

Many ITSM implementations strive to engage in communication with customers and to establish the foundation for continual improvement. In fact, Doug Tedder advocates that those two points are probably the most essential objectives for any ITSM implementation. Good Enough is Good Enough (HDIConnect)

While HR tells us we can only deal with behavior, not attitude, Bob Lewis disagrees. He explains why attitude is something leaders cannot ignore, especially when it comes to building and driving a culture of effectiveness. Behavior isn’t enough (IS Survivor Publishing)

Leveraging his government IT leadership experience, Matthew Burton discusses the critical aspects of talent and tools when it comes to managing large government IT effort. Lessons learned from my time at the CFPB (O’Reilly Radar)

Patrick Gray believes that reference architecture should provide a blueprint for advancing your business or technology strategy. He goes on to discuss the approaches of coming up with effective designs. Tapping into the real-world value of reference architectures (TechRepublic)

With the initiation of SMCongress, Paul Wilkinson believes it’s time that we must demonstrate the added value of ITSM. He discusses different types of resistance and the issue of “implementing ITSM” in general. SMCongress – Why this initiative? Why now? [Part 1] SMCongress – Why this initiative? Why now? [Part 2] (ITSM Portal)

John Coles advises that organizations should train their employees to recognize the distinction between Personal Information Management (PIM) and Business Information Management (BIM). Without the distinction, we could miss excellent opportunities for sharing and collaborating, create sideway-paths of inefficiencies, or even incur opportunity cost. PIM vs. BIM: Personal Information Management vs. Business Information Management (HDIConnect)

Many ITSM efforts have a significant focus on process/tools implementation. Thom Salo cautions us that ITIL implementation is much more about the culture than simply the processes. Think ITIL Is All About Process? Then You Missed The Point. (Plexent)

A number of organizations implement monitoring for their IT environment but doing it in a silo or non-integrated manner. In order to have an effective event management practice in your organization, Ryan Ogilvie reminds us the importance of understanding what we are monitoring and why. Event Management – Who Sees What (Service Management Journey)

While a number of enterprises have started to adopt Agile, some are still failing with Scrum and struggling extending it into the enterprise. With multi-part posts, Mike Cottmeyer shares and discusses his experience of helping organizations adopt Agile. Are We Solving The Right Problem? What Problems Are Executives Trying To Solve With Agile? Is Your Business Model A Good Fit For Agile? How to Make Commitments in the Face of Uncertainty (LeadingAgile)

While studying the leadership characteristics, Marshall Goldsmith discusses the emerging trends and outlines five new factors that have emerged as clearly more important in the future. Future Leaders (Marshall Goldsmith Personal Blog)


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