The concept of a first team was developed by Patrick Lencioni and discussed in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The idea is fairly simple, all executives (except perhaps the CEO) belong to two teams, the executive team that they are a member of and the functional team that they lead. The first team concept suggests that your […]
Over the past six months or so I have had the privilege of judging several industry awards programmes including the CIO 100 in New Zealand, the CIO 50 in Australia and the NZ Hi-Tech awards. I judge awards for several reasons. It’s a good way to give back, you learn a lot about what others in the industry are thinking […]
It’s become very popular lately to declare yourself as a technology company. It doesn’t seem to matter what industry you are in, the growing popular view is that every company is a technology company. Here are some examples of company / executive pronouncements: Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs said “We are a technology company. We are a […]