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Han pasado ya seis meses desde que hice mi lista de deseos. Quiero creer que usted también hizo alguna lista de propósitos de año nuevo. Es tiempo de revisarlos y no esperar hasta fin de año para sentirnos unos losers sin remedio. Cuando menos yo me cubrí las espaldas diciendo que sólo eran “deseos”. He aquí el avance.
Monicami :: Jul.14.2010 :: My digital life :: 6 Comments »
En una sesión de alto desempeño, ocho directores de Sistemas de igual número de corporativos mexicanos, dedicaron tres horas a revisar el rol que juegan con respecto a su aportación al negocio. A partir del outsourcing, el Cloud Computing y los autoservicios en línea, ¿es realmente indispensable la figura del director de sistemas? O, como dijo Nicolas Carr en aquel polémico artículo del Harvard Business Refiew hace una década: Does IT matter?
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Monicami :: Jul.01.2010 :: My digital life :: 2 Comments »
For Alcides León, Mauricio Romero, John Harorld Rodríguez, and the rest of the L.A. colleagues
Because of my job, I get to travel often as an invited reporter. It’s not the best way to travel, because everybody knows there is no such thing as a free lunch. But the inviting company executives’ also know that there is a limit to what you are committed to in exchange. Well, not all of them: there are the PR ones. Most of them think your attention span is infinite, your working hours are at least 12 and you are excited to learn even the tiniest detail of the company strategy.
That’s not the worst part. Some of them behave as nannies. Not happy with being behind you all day long, looking over your shoulder, they even call in the morning to wake you up!
When I stumble upon one of this cute PR Executives, I immediately straight things out the best way I can possibly handle. But to avoid unnecessary trouble and hard feelings, my advice is to ask for the personalized agenda well before you accept the trip invitation. If there will be no free time, no social activities and just intense business meetings in a two day trip that requires a 12 hour flight (one way), you are better off not accepting.
