Comments for The Dooley Group Leadership Counsel http://www.thedooleygroup.com Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Thanks, and coming “posts” by Dick Dooley http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/419/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Dick Dooley Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:58:29 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=419#comment-212 Michaela Thanks Yes It's almost mis-leading I felt to list those ideas in such brief form....well ...I'm learning that still! And that too is crucial today...the twitter mindset size!?!?! Can we learn to do both and swith back and forth when needed without losing our game??!! Michaela
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Yes
It’s almost mis-leading I felt to list those ideas in such brief form….well …I’m learning that still!
And that too is crucial today…the twitter mindset size!?!?!
Can we learn to do both and swith back and forth when needed without losing our game??!!

]]> Comment on Thanks, and coming “posts” by Michaela Laune http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/419/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Michaela Laune Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:33:49 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=419#comment-202 I read your "...Dozen Things..." when I logged on a couple of weeks ago and found much of it resonates: Process perspectives, skills and alignment seems to me to the foundation for any efforts to move thinking and projects forward in almost any endeavor I can imagine. While an overall appreciation for the challenge at hand is important, it is also important to be able to "chunk" changes into digestible sizes, celebrating forward movement and understanding challenges all along the way. Mentoring is so valuable for all involved, allowing everyone the chance to open themselves to the opportunities, anticipating and mitigating and accepting risks along the way. What a joy when a new hurdle is overcome! What a difference mentors make to all of our lives! Collaberation and thoughtful communication is not necessarily facilitated by the current "social networking" tools. More to it than that, for sure... Informed, proactive decision-making takes focused energy, is difficult, but often keeps working environments open and energetic. Trust....set a high bar for self, as well as for others. But, be empathetic, too. We professionals are all paid to think, thus we are obligated to honor the truth in situations. The way we present and listen to that "truth" is key moving the ball forward. I could go on and on in reaction to the thoughts you prompt to me to consider. Thanks, Dick, for bringing us back to ground. m I read your “…Dozen Things…” when I logged on a couple of weeks ago and found much of it resonates:

Process perspectives, skills and alignment seems to me to the foundation for any efforts to move thinking and projects forward in almost any endeavor I can imagine. While an overall appreciation for the challenge at hand is important, it is also important to be able to “chunk” changes into digestible sizes, celebrating forward movement and understanding challenges all along the way.

Mentoring is so valuable for all involved, allowing everyone the chance to open themselves to the opportunities, anticipating and mitigating and accepting risks along the way. What a joy when a new hurdle is overcome! What a difference mentors make to all of our lives!

Collaberation and thoughtful communication is not necessarily facilitated by the current “social networking” tools. More to it than that, for sure…

Informed, proactive decision-making takes focused energy, is difficult, but often keeps working environments open and energetic.

Trust….set a high bar for self, as well as for others. But, be empathetic, too.

We professionals are all paid to think, thus we are obligated to honor the truth in situations. The way we present and listen to that “truth” is key moving the ball forward.

I could go on and on in reaction to the thoughts you prompt to me to consider. Thanks, Dick, for bringing us back to ground.

m

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Dick Dooley http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Dick Dooley Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-193 Ed So true! And you're right in the middle of it, I believe And have seen it elsewhere But today some I.T. leaders have not ever experienced this set of circumstances, and our lessons of the past did not get to them. Maybe some of this dialogue will Ed
So true!
And you’re right in the middle of it, I believe
And have seen it elsewhere
But today some I.T. leaders have not ever experienced this set of circumstances, and our lessons of the past did not get to them. Maybe some of this dialogue will

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Dick Dooley http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Dick Dooley Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:48:55 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-192 Cliff Thank I often feel like I'm so far behind!! But it does force me to "Think" young however, @ a minimum!! Cliff
Thank
I often feel like I’m so far behind!!
But it does force me to “Think” young however, @ a minimum!!

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Clifford Clarke http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Clifford Clarke Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:14:45 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-188 This video has two lessons. The first is your message regarding process skills. You are correct. It is still needed today. The second unspoken message of life long learning is demonstrated by your use of this video delivery format. For those of us who know you realize this is not your first. I think it send a strong message as I do not know too many individuals engaged in Information Technology in the late fifties earlier sixties effectively leveraging as many formats as you. A true pace setter. Thanks Dick. This video has two lessons. The first is your message regarding process skills. You are correct. It is still needed today. The second unspoken message of life long learning is demonstrated by your use of this video delivery format. For those of us who know you realize this is not your first. I think it send a strong message as I do not know too many individuals engaged in Information Technology in the late fifties earlier sixties effectively leveraging as many formats as you. A true pace setter. Thanks Dick.

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Ed Jarecki http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Ed Jarecki Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-187 End-to-end process mapping, understanding, and thinking is fundamentally important. I have witnessed organizations learning lessons the hard way due to focusing functionally requiring significant process re-engineering and system reconfiguration/setup due to this functional focus. This costs huge dollars, resources, and time that organizations truly cannot afford if they want to maintain focus on the futurel; therefore, competiveness. Also of important note, when leveraging new systems and technologies, it amazes me on how organizations want to apply current (and often times broken) processes to the new solution without consideration as to how to best utilize the capabilities the new technology. In order for organizations to acheive their expected and desired return on investment, it is important for leardership to keep an open mind and redesign processes to best take advantage of the new capabilities. Once again, the rework and tremendous cost and time lost can be brutal for organizations; especially IT shops. In many instances once this dilemma is figured out, executive leadership often expects for the process and system re-engineering to take place without slowing progressive activities. Of course, this rarely works... :-) Ed- End-to-end process mapping, understanding, and thinking is fundamentally important. I have witnessed organizations learning lessons the hard way due to focusing functionally requiring significant process re-engineering and system reconfiguration/setup due to this functional focus. This costs huge dollars, resources, and time that organizations truly cannot afford if they want to maintain focus on the futurel; therefore, competiveness.

Also of important note, when leveraging new systems and technologies, it amazes me on how organizations want to apply current (and often times broken) processes to the new solution without consideration as to how to best utilize the capabilities the new technology. In order for organizations to acheive their expected and desired return on investment, it is important for leardership to keep an open mind and redesign processes to best take advantage of the new capabilities. Once again, the rework and tremendous cost and time lost can be brutal for organizations; especially IT shops. In many instances once this dilemma is figured out, executive leadership often expects for the process and system re-engineering to take place without slowing progressive activities. Of course, this rarely works… :-)

Ed-

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Dick Dooley http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Dick Dooley Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:53:08 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-181 John Yes, well said Thanks for commenting John
Yes, well said
Thanks for commenting

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by John Fisher http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-180 John Fisher Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:54:53 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-180 Good advice Dick, and I'm glad to see this feature of the new website. I agree on the need for IT people to be well versed in process and one of the advantages of that kind of approach is that it often can yield results without the classic IT changes such as development of a new feature or installation of a new system. When IT people take this kind of approach with their business partners, they become more valuable because this kind of beneficial change can often be very low cost; something the business folks appreciate. Good advice Dick, and I’m glad to see this feature of the new website. I agree on the need for IT people to be well versed in process and one of the advantages of that kind of approach is that it often can yield results without the classic IT changes such as development of a new feature or installation of a new system. When IT people take this kind of approach with their business partners, they become more valuable because this kind of beneficial change can often be very low cost; something the business folks appreciate.

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Dick Dooley http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Dick Dooley Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-178 Mark Interesting. Agree. Hopefully your people are picking up the habit of thinking ahead, while doing current work! Business work flow, especially in today's Health Care profession, is so fundamental!! Let's talk about this more! Mark
Interesting. Agree. Hopefully your people are picking up the habit of thinking ahead, while doing current work!
Business work flow, especially in today’s Health Care profession, is so fundamental!! Let’s talk about this more!

]]> Comment on “Things I See” by Mark Z http://www.thedooleygroup.com/2011/05/things-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Mark Z Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:06:34 +0000 http://www.thedooleygroup.com/?p=531#comment-177 We believe it's all about the workflow. We're planning a new IS workspace that we'll move to in a few years. When thinking about future needs; offices, team pods etc, the assumption is that we'll need to be so integrated into the service lines that we'll need a "scaffold" office model that we can set up and tear down based on what the business needs at the time. We believe it’s all about the workflow. We’re planning a new IS workspace that we’ll move to in a few years. When thinking about future needs; offices, team pods etc, the assumption is that we’ll need to be so integrated into the service lines that we’ll need a “scaffold” office model that we can set up and tear down based on what the business needs at the time.

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