Critical Position IT Pulse Survey

Demographic trends are colliding with a global economic recession – how will this affect the supply of critical information technology workers is unknown.
 
Many are aware of the demographic trends affecting information technology occupations.  An abundance of senior workers nearing retirement and surprisingly, a dearth of younger workers entering the field. 
 
While the current global recession [...]

Talent Practices: Making the Business Case for Social Networking

Fresh Approach to IT Leadership Competencies

Last week, my colleage, Vaughan Merlyn ,asked me to join him on a post for his blog.  Below is the results of that collaborative work.  It builds on a piece of research we did last year called: ITC: Tomorrows Essential IT Competencies.  While the research was focused on the IT function specifically, the insights can be applied [...]

The Next Generation Enterprise: Creating the Agile Organization

Naisbitt begins his book, Mindset!, by saying that the future is always with us . . . social media acts as our collaborator, offering stories, facts, and opinions.  But it’s not just the information that’s important.  It’s the sifting process . . . the way in which we select and verify that allows us to bring [...]

The Information Technology Perfect Storm

The concept of workforce planning has been a core Information Technology (IT) initiative for quite some time. For the most part, it is a mathematical or formulamatic exercise focused on predicted labor growth minus anticipated departures equals hiring needs. Oftentimes there are bells and whistles in the process: but if we are being candid, the [...]