Does Autonomy lead to Greater Clarity?

Mark Burgess is a theoretician and practitioner in the area of information systems, whose work has focused largely on distributed information infrastructure. He is known particularly for his work on Configuration Management and Promise Theory. He was the principal Founder of CFEngine, and is emeritus professor of Network and System Administration from Oslo University College. Read More …

New Accessibility for Business901 Podcast

I have discontinued the Business901 Podcast and will be uploading the MP4s as time permits. Many of the podcast are transcribed and can be found on Issuu: https://issuu.com/business901 At the end of August, I will not update the present Business901 Podcast Android App in the Google Play Store and take it down. I have decided Read More …

How to Radically Transform Your Organization

This is a Part 3 of 3 blog posts on a series of books that Deloitte has sponsored that I think is outstanding. They are a follow-up to the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion, This book has been one of my staples in the Read More …

How to Help Your Organization Learn Faster and Thrive

This is a Part 2 of 3 blog posts on a series of books that Deloitte has sponsored that I think is outstanding. They are a follow-up to the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion, This book has been one of my staples in the Read More …

How the World is Changing and What You Need To Do

This is a Part 1 of 3 blog posts on a series of books that Deloitte has sponsored that I think is outstanding. They are a follow-up to the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion, This book has been one of my staples in the Read More …

Do We Still Need Documentation?

In this day of being adaptable and agile, should we really spend time to document everything? Sure we need some documentation done but heck — it seems like I’m creating work for myself sometimes. Is there a fine line on what goes into configuration management and how strict of a practice we keep? -jd Jon Read More …