Re: IT versus the in-flight magazine
Rex, I know an ex-CIO who would not do anything unless she heard it from Gartner. Notice I say 'EX-cio. She was all set to kill off the mainframe because said mainframe is dying. 10 years later, mainframe still running as strong as ever. On Tue, 8 May 2012 14:11:52 -0500, Rex Pommier rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com wrote: Interesting read, but Mr Lewis has obviously never worked at any of the sites I have worked at (and I'm guessing many of my fellow mainframers on the list). I know many people over the years who have tried unsuccessfully to get the ears of upper management, and they take the comments made in the airline magazines as gospel while ignoring internal staff. I think they use the thoughts that these people have been published so they must be right! I can't tell you how many times we've told management to go down a certain path, and they ignore us until Charlie the tuner shows up as a consultant (from a minimum of 50 miles away and $300 per hour wages) shows up and tells them the exact thing we've already tried to tell them. Then suddenly this is the best thing since sliced bread! OTOH, we've all also been in the situation where some hare-brained scheme comes down the pipe from either the afore-mentioned Charlie or the airline mag, and we've tried to talk mgmt into not following the consultant's half-baked advice, only to be ignored, and then having had to pick up the pieces and try to make the scheme work. Mind you, I'm not bashing all consultants and contractors, but Mr Lewis trying to place the blame all on the staff when mgmt conveniently ignores us (the very people they are paying to know these things) and placing so much emphasis on the airline magazine is misguided at best. My $.02. Rex -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
IT versus the in-flight magazine
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Re: IT versus the in-flight magazine
On 5/8/2012 11:55 AM, Kirk Talman wrote: http colon //www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/it-versus-the-in-flight-magazine-192066 Oooh! I like it! Thanks, Kirk. -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IT versus the in-flight magazine
Interesting read, but Mr Lewis has obviously never worked at any of the sites I have worked at (and I'm guessing many of my fellow mainframers on the list). I know many people over the years who have tried unsuccessfully to get the ears of upper management, and they take the comments made in the airline magazines as gospel while ignoring internal staff. I think they use the thoughts that these people have been published so they must be right! I can't tell you how many times we've told management to go down a certain path, and they ignore us until Charlie the tuner shows up as a consultant (from a minimum of 50 miles away and $300 per hour wages) shows up and tells them the exact thing we've already tried to tell them. Then suddenly this is the best thing since sliced bread! OTOH, we've all also been in the situation where some hare-brained scheme comes down the pipe from either the afore-mentioned Charlie or the airline mag, and we've tried to talk mgmt into not following the consultant's half-baked advice, only to be ignored, and then having had to pick up the pieces and try to make the scheme work. Mind you, I'm not bashing all consultants and contractors, but Mr Lewis trying to place the blame all on the staff when mgmt conveniently ignores us (the very people they are paying to know these things) and placing so much emphasis on the airline magazine is misguided at best. My $.02. Rex -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IT versus the in-flight magazine
We've all been there. Before we were acquired some time ago, we had basically the owner (who was a multimillionare and quite smart, actually) who would make some major decisions based, as best as we could tell, simply on talking to someone in First Class about what they were considering or had heard was the new thing. The man was very good, started many companies, and make jobs for thousands. But could still try to fly by the seat of his pants. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rex Pommier Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 2:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IT versus the in-flight magazine Interesting read, but Mr Lewis has obviously never worked at any of the sites I have worked at (and I'm guessing many of my fellow mainframers on the list). I know many people over the years who have tried unsuccessfully to get the ears of upper management, and they take the comments made in the airline magazines as gospel while ignoring internal staff. I think they use the thoughts that these people have been published so they must be right! I can't tell you how many times we've told management to go down a certain path, and they ignore us until Charlie the tuner shows up as a consultant (from a minimum of 50 miles away and $300 per hour wages) shows up and tells them the exact thing we've already tried to tell them. Then suddenly this is the best thing since sliced bread! OTOH, we've all also been in the situation where some hare-brained scheme comes down the pipe from either the afore-mentioned Charlie or the airline mag, and we've tried to talk mgmt into not following the consultant's half-baked advice, only to be ignored, and then having had to pick up the pieces and try to make the scheme work. Mind you, I'm not bashing all consultants and contractors, but Mr Lewis trying to place the blame all on the staff when mgmt conveniently ignores us (the very people they are paying to know these things) and placing so much emphasis on the airline magazine is misguided at best. My $.02. Rex -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
