September 28, 2009

     

     

    If Information is "Data, correlated" then Knowledge is "Information, transformed". The transformation from Information to Knowledge is an exercise of the brain that, once understood, could shed light on the elusive process of capturing the tacit knowledge of business and corporate smarts.
    Information is not Knowledge
    The former is interesting but only the latter is useful. You [...]

     

    August 26, 2009

       

       

      Recently, there is a flurry of news articles and blog posts about Lean and IT. Forrester sent out an invitation for its upcoming Business & Technology Leadership Forum (October 8-9, 2009) entitled "Lean: The New Business Technology Imperative". Glenn Whitfield pondered about "Do Lean or Be Lean?" in Lean & IT and Chris Curran proposed 2 Lean schemes (Quick [...]

       

      August 24, 2009

         

         

        There is a time for everything: a time to grow and a time to optimize. The evolution of business and its IT organization follows a cycle of Optimization – Alignment – Growth. Knowing the timing will avoid unnecessary effort and wasted energy. This time of economic recession is the right time for Optimization. You know [...]