Nil Dhanani

I agree with both that culture can help drive the OI toward successful implementation. As mike mentioned, OI may be easier to embrace within smaller or mid sized firm. But when it comes to mega corporations like Siemens or even my company J&J, the OI is bit challenging. As seen many times with Siemens, the OI may not yield the most desired…[Read more]

From the perspective of the recording industry (record labels), what advantages do digital media have over physical media? Then why were the labels so resistant to digital media?

How did Radiohead decide to sell their album “In Rainbows”? How successful was it? What problems do you think this might create for other artists?

Since the inc…[Read more]

If you were in charge of open innovation at Siemens, what metrics would you use to measure your success?

Measuring success of an R&D is always a difficult task for any organization. Since all the projects R&D works on do not yield a positive net return, the measuring criteria is quite difficult. For instance, Google’s R&D team has been w…[Read more]

Mike, great practice you have adopted with your colleges to ensure each of the leads are able to employ best practice for efficient organization. In my new role within the supply chain side of the business, I have helped start a monthly forum to bring the leaders under one virtual setting to discuss best practices, opportunities for cross…[Read more]

What is an example of a community of practice that you are a member of? How did you become a member? In what ways do you benefit from being a member?
I am part of multiple communities of practice, majority of them as result of them resulting from the professional connections. Similar to how other described in this thread, the communities that I…[Read more]

The growth of technology has surfaced many disruptive market trends from various industries. Health care industry is being struck by ‘EMR’s (Electric Medical Records), the automotive industry is being diverted toward autonomous capabilities, and publishing industry is shifting toward the Internet by self-publishing. The golden era of the pub…[Read more]

Great examples Mike. Its surprising that may everyday applications and services we use are part of the ‘cloud.’ In today’s world instead of carrying a flash drive, the storage is shifted onto virtual flash drive housed on the cloud system. The products and services are moving quickly to cloud, and I absolutely agree, one that doesn’t get on the…[Read more]

As may have explained about their workplace, my workplace is similar to most where mobile devices and laptops have different policies. At J&J all employees are conformed to the IT issued computers (and operating system image) that are tightly guarded by IT softwares. However, the employees have freedom to BOYD when it comes to the mobile device.…[Read more]

Quite insightful post Aldo. I always see may of my friends and family in medical field always carrying multiple phone device one from work and another personal. This notion is weird to see post the blackberry era. With many advances in technology, I am surprised that many organizations are still requiring employees to push to draw a clear line…[Read more]

Do you think that information technology has enabled the emergence of global brands? Also, do you think that information technology providers are more or less likely to become global brands than, say, consumer goods?

Wyeth case was ample representation of the role of IT in developing a global organization. Although the brand recognition occurs…[Read more]

Great post Dan. I agree that IT was one of the thing that was common across divisions of Wyeth that helped drive the globalization efforts. However, as you indicated, the success of IT globalization would not occur without a clear strategy adopted by leaders and CEO. The CIO in may ways is executioner of the globalization plan; the actual driver,…[Read more]

What was the role of IT in the globalization of Wyeth? More broadly, would you say that IT-enabled globalization is simply another version of the centralization/decentralization decision that any company makes when it has multiple divisions, or is it fundamentally different? Explain.

Per the definition established by Michael Porter, Wyeth was…[Read more]

Why would a company use these services from Amazon instead of maintaining their own infrastructure? What would the pros and cons of using Amazon’s services be for the company you work for?

Over last few years, Amazon Web Services has dominated the cloud space for IT solutions for companies or small players. As illustrated in the case, the AWS p…[Read more]

I was hoping some one would comment on the government IT systems, thanks Jon. Last weekend, I went to complete interview for my global entry access (which allows you to by pass entry though customs quickly). The interview comprised of entering my details, taking picture and scanning fingerprints. However it took me total of 1 hour to complete…[Read more]

• Think about somewhere you have worked before. Do you think the company under-invested or over-invested in Information Technology? Is there anything about IT that makes it harder to get the balance right?
I have worked as consultant for a small business that started as one standalone dental clinic few years ago. With my knowledge of the IT s…[Read more]

Clint, I enjoyed your example of a simple task of filling glass as an elaborate system. There are thousands of the tasks we do daily without thinking much about it, however if one were to break down there is a much more elaborated thinking and process happens behind scene or even in our heads to yield results. The article does great job in helping…[Read more]

You bring up great point amanda, systems thinking has became way of life most of health care organizations. Formalization of systems thinking is certainly key in delivery of important drugs into the market. When a drug development is completed, its crucial to ensure appropriate testing is completed for safety of the patient. The formalization…[Read more]

Joyce and Ademola, I absolutely agree that Matuvolic was tasked to change something that was non-existent prior to the system. The biggest challenge he had to overcome was to educate each and every member of the company about the importance of the IT systems and its management. I think he may not have done a good of a job in educating leadership…[Read more]

Thanks Liz looping in the JnJ Strategic Framework into the conversation. This strategic framework is deeply integrated into the company’s culture. Each decision is always based on the principle highlighted in the strategic framework which aims to deliver toward human health, long term objectives, decentralized management as mike mentioned below,…[Read more]

• How should Matulovic respond to his fellow executives who are calling to ask him for special treatment outside the new priority management system?
This is a classic question that arises in enterprise many times, how one shall a draw line between friendship and business decision. Matulovic is also under same pressure from his fellow executive l…[Read more]