11. Influence the results instead of just reviewing the results
12. “ needs to stop thinking about the swing, and just play golf”
13. “ It’s all common sense, so sense what’s common” -- Robert Fort
Editor's Notes
Mark invited to speak, said yes immediately Harvey – thanks for all he’s done Talked with Mark about what to say Talk about anything, tell stories Will share a few and hope to stimulate some thinking, impart some wisdom
So why are you in this crazy business? Measurement of success is so backwards When interviewing always ask this question. When at cocktail party try to avoid “so what do you do” Meet Lee, computer guy Started me thinking “what do I do?”
Quoted as saying the CIO’s job is… We are actually more organizational psychologist.. Example, business requirements, vendor negotiations, project management… Seems daunting, didn’t study psychology Don’t worry
It’s easy… Tommy Chong’s testimonial… “what you are looking for is inside you”. Trick is what’s common… Look around the room
We all have feelings. We want to be long. We want to feel we are accomplishing something. We want to be recognized. We want to know where we are going…
I strongly believe in vision Our job as leaders is to offer that vision, over and over People will step into the vision Miracles will happen, innovation will occur, Get beyond the transactional, make it fun
Nestle Manager of AP, kept thinking he was an exception, though he wasn’t Gathering business requirements for sales process People get their identify from being the exception, we are trying to automate commonality Leaves, branches, trunk Wrestling analogy
Alesis ERP system – training $500k shipping problem – two policy changes
Virgin Store manager’s presentation – INFLUENCE Data warehouse Success because we addressed people’s feelings
Announcer this weekend Take all your learnings and BE a leader Trust the encyclopedia of information you have.. YOU Nothing I described was rocket science…
