Fresh Links Sundae encapsulates some pieces of information I have come across during the past week. They maybe ITSM related or not entirely. Often they are from the people whose work I admire, and I hope you will find something of value.
5 Ways to Fix Your High Value Jerks Susan Cramm suggested strategies to deal with “talent jerks” who deliver results yet intimidate their colleagues and reports in the organization. (Valuedance)
Moving IT into the unknown with boldness, courage and strength to drive business value Robert Stroud discussed the importance of transforming IT from followers of the business to equal partners sharing in the common goals of the organization’s mission. (CA on Service Management)
Man Alive, It’s COBIT 5: How Are You Governing And Managing Enterprise IT? With the release of COBIT 5, Stephen Mann outlined his initial thoughts on the new framework from ISACA. (Forrester Blogs)
A Change Management Strategy for Clouds in Azure Skies Jeff Wayman discussed five Change Management strategies that can promote success to your cloud operations. (ITSM Lens)
Meet your iceberg. Now in 3D Roman Jouravlev explained why selling IT processes to business customers is, in most cases, pointless and doomed from the start. (ITSM Portal)
Leadership Encourages Hope Bret Simmons discussed what leaders can do to give the followers hope, in his word, the belief that one knows how to perform and is willing to direct and sustain consistent effort to accomplish goals that matter. (Positive Organizational Behavior)
10 Predictions from Experts on Big Data will Impact Business in 2012 10 Big Data predictions from experts at Forrester, Gartner, Ovum, O’Reilly, and more discussed how the Big Data realm will develop and impact business. (Evolven Blog)
Too much information Barclay Rae talked about the ‘inconvenient truth,’ where the conventional IT reporting is for the most part of little business or IT management value. (BarclayRae Website)
Reducing Negativity in the Workplace Marshall Goldsmith discussed a simple, yet effective strategy to reduce “whining time.” (Marshall Goldsmith)
The Great Collision Umair Haque talked about a Great Collision in which the future we want is at odds with the present we choose, and what to do about it. (Harvard Business Review)