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Welcome to the nGenera Blogs. The nGenera blog roll provides you rapid access to the opinions and perspective from a number of nGenera's leadership team. nGenera Blogs is a special part of the nGenera Community that we have placed in this section to make it easier to find and participate in the conversations. Scroll down to view our collection of blogs:

- Frank Capek
- Steve Elmore
- Tammy Erickson
- Brian Magierski
- Vaughn Merlyn
- Margaret Schweer
- Roy Youngman
- Wikinomics

Steve Elmore

A Family Tragedy
For 3 years we have been living with a family tragedy. My sister-in-law is an international fugitive wanted for kidnapping her daughter (see story on America's Most Wanted here). This has created a permanent divide in our family and ... read more
The Role of Ethics in Organizational Strategy
Moore's Law (Intel, 2005) states that the speed of processors will double every eighteen months. While this has held true for the most part, it highlights the fact that the rapidity with which technology advances remains constant. This poses a ... read more
Product Development Flowchart
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Valleywag: proof anyone can blog
Vallywag's Paul Boutin recently blogged: "When the smoke clears after the crash and burn of the money machine behind today's tech startups, there's one word no one will ever write into a business ... read more
On terminations
An employee, whether terminated for cause, force reduction or cultural misalignment, needs to leave with their dignity intact and remain an advocate for the organization they are departing. After reading Chris' blog about leaving Jive, I can only imagine the ... read more
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Vaughan Merlyn

From Business-IT Alignment to Business-IT Convergence
I’ve posted before on the emergent confluence between business and IT. I’ve also discussed the shift from Business-IT Alignment to Business-IT Convergence as an aspect of increasing business and IT maturity. I’ve noted (Goodbye, Shadow IT &# ... read more
So, You Think You Understand How to Motivate People?
For this post I will do no more than point you RSA Animate’s remarkable adaptation of Daniel Pink’s presentation to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on motivation. I was ... read more
Apple iMac Experience – Love ‘Em, But…
Time for a small gripe. I’m a huge Apple fan! But unfortunately, it’s not all good news! (Duh!) My wife bought a 20 inch iMac in late 2006. I bought the ... read more
IT Organizational Implications of Cloud Computing
First off, let me make myself clear. I firmly believe that Cloud Computing, in its various forms, is real, absolutely inevitable and will completely revolutionize the form and role of the IT Organization. Some ... read more
Four Common Mistakes in IT Portfolio Management
Among my most popular topics, week after week, is Portfolio Management. It’s a key discipline, especially crucial in driving Business-IT Maturity past the tricky mid-point where many IT organizations tend to get stuck. IT Business Edge has just ... read more
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Margaret Schweer

The Silent Generation Meets Generation Y: How to Manage a Four Generation Workforce with Panache - Part 6a
Accomodating Four GenerationsIn order to accommodate the four generations, companies are going to have to implement the following 4 critical steps: Insure flexibility Create educational opportunities for as long as employee is working Create signature experiences for employees to attract ... read more
How Bad Is It vs. How Could We Make It Worse
It struck me recently that in over 30 years of consulting this is the first recession where I have had to cope with Cable TV! I am no longer sure that the constant flow of bad news is creating ... read more
Plugged In-The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work Book Reveiw
I hope you are all doing well during these very interesting times! On Friday I had occasion to visit with Tammy Erickson a friend and colleague for many years. She shared with me her new book, Plugged In-The ... read more
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Roy Youngman

Apple versus MS - Is it Relevent?
Like many colleagues, I get a kick out of the Apple versus Microsoft television commercial wars. Apple’s ads are funny at Microsoft’s expense, appeal to a youthful generation, and are simple to understand. Microsoft recently gave < ... read more
The Impact of Cloud Computing on Outsourcing
A former colleague and friend, Esteban Herrera, commented on Nick Carr’s summary of Nick’s new book, The Big Switch. Nick is really getting around - on September 25th Nick ... read more
Intelligence, Artificial and that Other Kind
Nicolas Carr had an interesting post the other day about this year’s Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. All the excitement this year seems to be over two entries “getting very close to passing the Turing Test for the ... read more
SaaS Project Management Tool Review
I was hunting for a Project Management tool last week. I really wanted a software as a service” (SaaS) tool for a couple reasons: I wanted a more Web 2.0 collaborative approach to planning and coordinating project activity than what ... read more
Olympic Lessons
Well, sadly, the Olympics are over. At least I can return to some normal sleeping habits. I wonder if there is anything I learned from all this that can be applied to the business enterprise or at least personally? Let's ... read more
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Wikinomics

Better parking through technology
Every so often an idea comes along that seems to get a lot right, and you’re left with little to do but sit by the sidelines and watch, hoping that it thrives and makes its way to your neck of ... read more
Measure the collaboration that’s already going on
nGenera has been thinking about, writing about, and doing primary research about collaboration long enough to understand that “collaborate” is not a command, it’s a culture, a climate inside an organization that requires more thinking about what really needs to ... read more
Impressions from Govcamp Toronto
I recently attended Govcamp–an amalgamation of table conversations where several open data activists got together to discuss the opportunities and obstacles of opening up government data. As a highlight, David Eaves spoke about how the evolution of government is ... read more
The Real Truth behind Fake Steve
“Truthiness” is probably the best word to describe The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, a blog that more often than not does too good a job at parodying what Steve Jobs might be thinking on any given issue. ... read more
Design charrettes for platform projects
A few weeks ago I had lunch with a friend who introduced me to the concept of design charrettes (no, it’s not a classy version of Chat Roulette). A design charrette is a way to super-charge the planning phase of ... read more
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