Phil Wolff: strategyManagement is a multiplayer game. What's in your playbook?Strategy on dijest. Regular reads: Strategy & Business, Profit Patterns, Where does IT go from here- November 3, 2003 Shelley Powers' Burningbird essay The State of Geek: Part 1 -- Temp Job, No Health says the IT labor market sucks and ain't gonna improve much. But says it better. She closes saying she wouldn't encourage kids to go into IT. My take... Temps first. I used to be vp for strategy and technology of the world's largest staffing company. You're right about employers using tempscontractors to minimize risk at the early stages of an economic recovery. Watch quarterly...http://weblog.burningbird.net/fires/001940.htm Software Developer's Legal Defense Fund.- November 1, 2003 Scoble asked: "I'd love to hear your ideas on how to make small ISVs comfortable with doing business with us. Is it getting you legal help" How about something like a Public Defenders Office, but offering legal services to small developers Think of it as a legal defense fund, with strength in relevant law, busines negotiation, startup organization, etc. Set it up as a not-for-profit, Microsoft funds it, inviting other industry firms and Darpa to join. Conflicts of interest The lawyers can.http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2003/10/31.html#a5257 |