Category: IT Team

November 3, 2021

To change or not to change? It is a question that every IT leader faces in the wake of lagging technology growth. While IT leaders aren’t blind to the problem, change remains elusive. Instead of risking stability and performance by […]

October 25, 2021

The word “agile” is defined in one dictionary as “quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe.” During the last two years, however, the word has taken on an entirely different meaning for companies navigating the complexities of a pandemic. As the […]

October 13, 2021

CIO Paul Blowers describes the past 16 months at accounting firm Plante Moran as “a grand experiment” in getting work done. Throughout, Blowers has flexed, reconfigured, and stress-tested his mostly remote, 120-person IT team to determine how productivity, creativity, and […]

October 4, 2021

With the rapid pace of technological change comes the need for upskilling IT workers — especially when talent is hard to come by. For IT leaders, the pandemic’s ongoing disruption of the workplace has only compounded the challenge. Although many […]

September 27, 2021

What happens when an organization deploys the latest and greatest data analytics tools but fails to assemble a top-notch analytics team? Lost opportunities and a lot of wasted time and money. A stellar analytics team can make the difference between […]

September 16, 2021

Project teams that lack diversity may be hindering not only project outcomes, but overall return on investment (ROI). According to the Project Management Institute (PMI)’s 2020 Pulse of the Profession research, 27% of surveyed companies plan to put diversity and […]

September 10, 2021

Over the last decade, organizations went from locked down, process-driven corporate portals that provided a digital version of the collection of binders on the shelves within most cubicles, to an ad hoc collaboration mecca. Employees can now pick their own […]

September 9, 2021

The nature of work is constantly changing. But it takes an enormous global event – like a pandemic – to create the sort of massive, evolutionary disruption to both the labor market and the nature of work that we have […]

September 8, 2021

In today’s rapidly evolving IT world, having a highly trained staff is as important as taking advantage of the latest technologies and management practices. Yet despite the efficiency, productivity, and competitive benefits an expert team generates, many CIOs fail to […]

September 7, 2021

The job growth in the US IT industry accelerated in August, adding 25,400 positions, according to figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in the latest figures from IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. That growth in IT […]