The Need for a Culture of Cybersecurity

Dateline: June 9, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. In the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack, there have been many expert opinions on what, why and how this happened.  A recent article by security expert Jennifer Blatnik, published at SecurityWeek.com, titled The Impact of WannaCry on the Ransomware Conversation, … [Read more...]

Balancing System Changes with Organization Changes

Dateline: May 20, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Partners Healthcare System rolled out EPIC, the medical records system used by many healthcare providers.  The Boston Globe published a story recently about the status of that roll out.  Apparently many clinicians feel that it's slowing them down, some to the point of retiring from … [Read more...]

Preparing for Millennials on your Team

Dateline: March 25, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's food for thought comes from a recent article published by BloombergBusiness titled, How Satisfying Millennials Could Save PwC $850 Million.  PwC or PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a large, multinational consulting firm employing more than 200,000 employees world-wide. … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Changes How We Will Hold Meetings

Dateline: March 18, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week, I've been at SXSW Interactive scouting out innovative ideas and identifying trends.  SXSWi celebrated it's 30 anniversary this year, and the conference was as overwhelming as ever with hundreds of sessions, speakers, and events to attend over a 5 day period.  One trend … [Read more...]

It’s Time To Celebrate Your Successes

Dateline: January 1, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Happy New Year!  Today is an important day for many.  So today's thought for the day is around celebrating. Recently, I ran across a thoughtful blog post titled, "You'll Never Succeed if You Don't Celebrate," written by Tim Mullen (Co-Founder and Head of Customer Experience … [Read more...]

The Value of Face-to-Face

Dateline: November 14, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently Walter Issacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute and author of Steve Job's biography and new book, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution published a column on Linked In titled Why Steve Jobs Obsessed About Office … [Read more...]

Designing Intuitive Technology

Dateline: September 12, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea comes from a column titled, "The Social Business Gets Results", written by Sam Greengard at Baseline Magazine. ...in the rapidly unfolding digital age, it's clear that electronic interaction is systematically remapping and rewiring the central nervous … [Read more...]

Business Unit- IT Alignment on the Internet of Things

Dateline: September 5, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s thought builds on our earlier post on the "Internet of Things."  Baseline Magazine reported findings from a recent study by Gartner of 400 IT professionals in the UK and the US about the readiness of IT organization for the impact of adding so many devices to … [Read more...]

Most Impactful Ideas of 2013 According to HBR

Dateline: January 3, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. To kick off our new year, this post is not really about one idea…but about 7.  At the beginning of each year as a way to wrap up the past year, we look for the most insightful 'summary'.  This year, we found just the list at Harvard Business Review's Blog Network by Katherine … [Read more...]

Engagement with Online Articles

Dateline: November 22, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Nate Weiner, the founder of Pocket, the "DVR for the web" and a popular online site for keeping track of links you want to view later, has learned some very interesting facts about what people save and what they actually do with what they save.  In a recent Fast Company … [Read more...]