cheat « The Devil's Guide to iT™

here are some of the fiendishly valuable tips I offer to the Inner Circles

customer and vendor partnerships

If there is no risk on either side, or if all of the risk is on one side, an agreement can’t be a partnership – it’s just procurement.

abandon low value innovation

Be prepared to abandon low-value innovation and to focus on making the most of the iT you already have.

the Cloud affects your risk profile

Putting any part of your business into The Cloud affects your risk profile, positively or negatively; the trick is knowing (repeat: knowing – not thinking) whether your business integrity is stronger or weaker by entrusting service and data to a Cloud provider.

keep staff with training contracts

Encourage staff into training contracts, with pink the rest of this tip for making iT simpler is only visible from the Inner Circles; please log-in, or join. [...]

staff training contracts

A simple (and fair) “training contract” between the employee and employer should the rest of this tip for making iT simpler is only visible from the Inner Circles or the Outer Circles ; please log-in, or join. [...]