http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:32:18 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=567 It is ironic that IT departments, whom people would assume would be most comfortable with change, can be in fact some of the most hide-bound corporate employees rigidly bound to traditions and policies that may no longer be relevant to today’s business environment. This can be for several reasons. “If it works, don’t mess with it“. [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/feed/ 1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/29/thinking-about-outsourcing/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/29/thinking-about-outsourcing/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:40:06 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=129 After hundreds of conversations with CIOs, CFOs and CEOs I noticed a few common threads when discussing outsourcing.  The first commonality across companies was that rarely was everything in good shape in regards to IT. Because after all, if IT was in good shape all of those C-Level executives would be focusing their attention elsewhere.  The oft-quoted story that [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/29/thinking-about-outsourcing/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/05/5-signs-you-are-ready-to-outsource/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/05/5-signs-you-are-ready-to-outsource/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:20:53 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=110 Large companies have been outsourcing business and IT functions for quite some time but small and medium sized companies have been much slower to embrace the opportunities and benefits that outsourcing can bring. It’s not just the classic business or IT functions like payroll or call-centers that have been ripe for quite some time but the newer software as a [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/05/5-signs-you-are-ready-to-outsource/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/03/31/managing-costs-vs-solving-business-problems/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/03/31/managing-costs-vs-solving-business-problems/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:42:53 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=35 I recently read an interesting McKinsey Quarterly article on Managing IT during a downturn. IT spending and costs, like so many business functions, wax and wane with business cycles. Spending increases gradually over time before a shock or other external event occurs requiring significant and rapid cost cuts. The current downturn is no different but what [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/03/31/managing-costs-vs-solving-business-problems/feed/ 0