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S1 E10: Negotiating IT Agreements

Bridging Business & IT - December 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode is with Dan Kelly, founder and CEO of The Negotiator Guru. Dan is the person we have to thank for our podcast as he was the one who originally invited Dave to be on his, “The State of the CIO”. The feedback from that show was so good it convinced us to launch our own. As the title i...

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S1 E10: Negotiating IT Agreements

Bridging Business & IT - December 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
This episode is with Dan Kelly, founder and CEO of The Negotiator Guru. Dan is the person we have to thank for our podcast as he was the one who originally invited Dave to be on his, “The State of the CIO”. The feedback from that show was so good it convinced us to launch our own. As the title i...

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S1 E9: Data, Analytics & Reporting

Bridging Business & IT - December 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
Roger Moore (no, not 007) is our guest today. Roger currently teaches Analytics at the University of Chicago where he’s also an alum of their MBA program. Over his 30-plus year career he’s been with a number of major consulting groups such as BCG, Gartner, Booze and PWC. He’s currently running h...

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S1 E9: Data, Analytics & Reporting

Bridging Business & IT - December 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Roger Moore (no, not 007) is our guest today. Roger currently teaches Analytics at the University of Chicago where he’s also an alum of their MBA program. Over his 30-plus year career he’s been with a number of major consulting groups such as BCG, Gartner, Booze and PWC. He’s currently running h...

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Episode Eight: Ethical EQ in IT Project Management

Bridging Business & IT - November 15, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Our guest in this episode is Jomo Starke, Director of Innovation at Canton & Company. Jomo’s 30-plus year tech career started with developing video games—which he almost sold to Atari before they realized he was twelve. From his early days as a 17 year old wunderkind analyst to his years in proj...

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S1 E8: Ethical EQ in IT Project Management

Bridging Business & IT - November 15, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Our guest in this episode is Jomo Starke, Director of Innovation at Canton & Company. Jomo’s 30-plus year tech career started with developing video games—which he almost sold to Atari before they realized he was twelve. From his early days as a 17 year old wunderkind analyst to his years in proj...

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S1 E8: Ethical EQ in IT Project Management

Bridging Business & IT - November 15, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour
Our guest in this episode is Jomo Starke, Director of Innovation at Canton & Company. Jomo’s 30-plus year tech career started with developing video games—which he almost sold to Atari before they realized he was twelve. From his early days as a 17 year old wunderkind analyst to his years in proj...

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Episode Eight: Ethical EQ in IT Project Management

Bridging Business & IT - November 15, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour
Our guest in this episode is Jomo Starke, Director of Innovation at Canton & Company. Jomo’s 30-plus year tech career started with developing video games—which he almost sold to Atari before they realized he was twelve. From his early days as a 17 year old wunderkind analyst to his years in proj...

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S1 E7: Nestles, SAP & the Greater Good

Bridging Business & IT - November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
We’re joined today by Ray Weale, currently COO of IDMerit and formerly Director of Digital Innovation at Nestle. Ray helped lead the global unification of literally thousands of Nestles processes and systems on to 34 standard processes on SAP—realizing staggering benefits along the way. Our conv...

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Episode Seven: Nestles, SAP & the Greater Good

Bridging Business & IT - November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
We’re joined today by Ray Weale, currently COO of IDMerit and formerly Director of Digital Innovation at Nestle. Ray helped lead the global unification of literally thousands of Nestles processes and systems on to 34 standard processes on SAP—realizing staggering benefits along the way. Our conv...

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Episode Seven: Nestles, SAP & the Greater Good

Bridging Business & IT - November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We’re joined today by Ray Weale, currently COO of IDMerit and formerly Director of Digital Innovation at Nestle. Ray helped lead the global unification of literally thousands of Nestles processes and systems on to 34 standard processes on SAP—realizing staggering benefits along the way. Our conv...

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S1 E7: Nestles, SAP & the Greater Good

Bridging Business & IT - November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We’re joined today by Ray Weale, currently COO of IDMerit and formerly Director of Digital Innovation at Nestle. Ray helped lead the global unification of literally thousands of Nestles processes and systems on to 34 standard processes on SAP—realizing staggering benefits along the way. Our conv...

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Episode Six: Five Ground Rules for Every Tech Team

Bridging Business & IT - October 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In the last episode we talked about how a CIO (or IT leader) needs to prepare their business counterparts for their roles and responsibilities in an upcoming tech-enabled business project. In this episode we talk about IT department leadership, expectations and accountability. We share five “gro...

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S1 E6: Five Ground Rules for Every Tech Team

Bridging Business & IT - October 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In the last episode we talked about how a CIO (or IT leader) needs to prepare their business counterparts for their roles and responsibilities in an upcoming tech-enabled business project. In this episode we talk about IT department leadership, expectations and accountability. We share five “gro...

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Episode Six: Five Ground Rules for Every Tech Team

Bridging Business & IT - October 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
In the last episode we talked about how a CIO (or IT leader) needs to prepare their business counterparts for their roles and responsibilities in an upcoming tech-enabled business project. In this episode we talk about IT department leadership, expectations and accountability. We share five “gro...

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S1 E6: Five Ground Rules for Every Tech Team

Bridging Business & IT - October 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
In the last episode we talked about how a CIO (or IT leader) needs to prepare their business counterparts for their roles and responsibilities in an upcoming tech-enabled business project. In this episode we talk about IT department leadership, expectations and accountability. We share five “gro...

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S1 E5: Five Things to Share With the Business Before the Project Starts

Bridging Business & IT - October 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour
This episode shares five things that the tech team needs to share with business executives, project sponsor(s), process owners and subject matter experts to set their expectations and explain their obligations before a project kicks off. We’re joined on this episode by an old friend and colleagu...

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Episode 5: Five Things to Share With the Business Before the Project Starts

Bridging Business & IT - October 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour
This episode shares five things that the tech team needs to share with business executives, project sponsor(s), process owners and subject matter experts to set their expectations and explain their obligations before a project kicks off. We’re joined on this episode by an old friend and colleagu...

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S1 E5: Five Things to Share With the Business Before the Project Starts

Bridging Business & IT - October 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode shares five things that the tech team needs to share with business executives, project sponsor(s), process owners and subject matter experts to set their expectations and explain their obligations before a project kicks off. We’re joined on this episode by an old friend and colleagu...

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Episode 5: Five Things to Share With the Business Before the Project Starts

Bridging Business & IT - October 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode shares five things that the tech team needs to share with business executives, project sponsor(s), process owners and subject matter experts to set their expectations and explain their obligations before a project kicks off. We’re joined on this episode by an old friend and colleagu...

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S1 E4 Part 2: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Part 2 of this episode builds on the foundation of part 1 and is dedicated to examining the details within each of the four stages and twelve steps of the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Suggested readings: “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande “Thinking Fast & Slow” by Daniel Kahne...

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Episode 4 Part 2: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Part 2 of this episode builds on the foundation of part 1 and is dedicated to examining the details within each of the four stages and twelve steps of the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Suggested readings: “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande “Thinking Fast & Slow” by Daniel Kahne...

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Episode 4 Part 2: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour
Part 2 of this episode builds on the foundation of part 1 and is dedicated to examining the details within each of the four stages and twelve steps of the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Suggested readings: “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande “Thinking Fast & Slow” by Daniel Kahne...

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S1 E4 Part 2: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour
Part 2 of this episode builds on the foundation of part 1 and is dedicated to examining the details within each of the four stages and twelve steps of the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Suggested readings: “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande “Thinking Fast & Slow” by Daniel Kahne...

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S1 E4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 01, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes
This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Execution is not a one-off, linear exercise, but...

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Episode 4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 01, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes
This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Execution is not a one-off, linear exercise, but...

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S1 E4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 01, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Execution is not a one-off, linear exercise, but...

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Episode 4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT - September 01, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Execution is not a one-off, linear exercise, but...

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Episode 2: The Biggest Problem with IT Projects

Bridging Business & IT - August 21, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We take a deep dive into the nature of the divide between business and IT. We lay out our research on the frequency, costs and cause of roughly 75% of all enterprise IT failures. The primary cause is usually labeled a communications issue. It’s actually a function of silence. It’s the sum total ...

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S1 E2: The Biggest Problem with IT Projects

Bridging Business & IT - August 21, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We take a deep dive into the nature of the divide between business and IT. We lay out our research on the frequency, costs and cause of roughly 75% of all enterprise IT failures. The primary cause is usually labeled a communications issue. It’s actually a function of silence. It’s the sum total ...