The compulsive, ad hoc and fundamentally tactical approach to outsourcing practiced by most companies will be unsustainable by 2010, Cohen said, in part because companies will be doing more outsourcing with more suppliers. Organizations tend to outsource to solve a short-term problem, Cohen said. Unless organizations practice what Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner calls a “disciplined multisourcing” strategy, their ability to grow and their profitability will erode.

“Most of you know you’re stuck in good, old-fashioned outsourcing, and you know you need to kick it up a notch,” Cohen told a packed room.

The first step to reform is asking the right questions in the right order, Cohen said. Most companies begin the decision to outsource by asking who is out there, when the question that needs to be addressed head-on is why the organization is contemplating changing the way it delivers IT. That query should be followed by asking what, who, how and finally where, she said.

SearchCIO

1. Because they don’t want to generate content, they want better life
2. Because it solves a problem they don’t have
3. Because it won’t help them with their problem
4. Because oprah didn’t mention it
5. Because everyone they know isn’t using it
6. Because it doesn’t let them spy on people they care about
7. Because they just don’t care about what they see
8. Because nobody at work said they should use it
9. Because it’s not fun enough
10. Because it doesn’t make them smile
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Scott Heiferman’s Notes

let it go does not fix the problem that caused it. it’s a band-aid and band-aids are bad.

a clear eye

old way vs new way. new way is better

creating passionate users

yup, and scientists can prove it. quality degrades, but how else do you deal with information overload.

creating passionate users

they’re funny because they’re true

I will teach you to be rich

borrow, borrow, borrow again. eventually your banker will get a bit fed up with you and tell you that if you want money, borrow it from yourself (you’re borrowing because you’re growing, right?).

The Lazy Way to Success

learn by teaching

creating passionate users

Meeting Bill Gates at a urinal: priceless.

bnoopy

yes, it’s faster to do things sequentially rather than at the same time2

joel on software