Japanese Approach to Strategy Deployment

Methods for strategy deployment in Japan embrace workforce participation and includes processes in the discussion. ...

... "the Japanese Hoshin is concerned with both results and process while using two-way employee communication, and allows their active participation. " ...

Via The Manila Times: Hoshin Kanri

Next Gen Collaboration Research Supports Global Teams

IBM will invest in research to deliver solutions that enable the global collaboration of virtual project teams. The company sees collaboration, communication and visualization as capabilities to engage the next generation workforce, who are used to these advanced capabilities in their personal pursuits. ...

... "The challenges of globalization are forcing companies to become more nimble, using an increasingly geographically-dispersed and virtual workforce to remain competitive. In the world of software development, this means 24x7 collaboration with specialized teams around the globe to pick up where another left off. " ...

Via IBM: Innovations Support Global Collaboration

Align IT and Business on Critical Projects

Leadership alignment sessions, daily status reports during critical phases, and workforce collocation are all valuable techniques for aligning IT and the business on important IT projects and ensuring expectations are met. ...

... "one of the first things that he and other project leaders did was to collocate 20 business managers with 40 IT workers to help them stay in sync on the project's products and timetables. " ...

Via Computerworld: Customer Expectations on IT Projects

IT Talent: Women Professionals Needed

NYT shares insights on negative trend for women undergraduate computer science majors. This is a trend that we cannot afford. The IT profession needs the capabilities that come naturally to women: communication, simplicity, relationship-building, caring, nurturing, etc. ...

... "there is one area in which their presence relative to men is static or even shrinking: computer science. " ...

Via New York Times: Female Computer Science Gap