Encourage your IT consulting clients to embrace innovation

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RuthlessRuler is correct:.

"Just-get-it-done" may not be particularly "inspiring" for most IT professionals, but it's what every client wants. (Think about it: When a mechanic fixes your car, isnt that what YOU expect?). And besides, all the IT "Salesmanship" required to get mindless Senior Managers (with an emphasis on the "Senior") to comprehend a new technology is, frankly, the most unpleasant and unsatisfying part of my job.

If you want innovation, just be patient... and the Laws of Physics, or the serendipity of a well-timed server crash will open that door to innovation FOR you! A consultant must always be fully prepared for the moment when opportunity pops up unexpectedly, after you've been waiting months or years, when a new technology can be painlessly and silently inserted into the system... with no accusations against anyone involved. It's win-win, and it's sweet!

Posted: 03/23/2009 @ 10:59 AM (PDT)

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Patting myself on the backSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/18/2009 @ 11:40 AM (PDT)

RE: Encourage your IT consulting clients to embrace innovationssharkins@... | 03/20/2009 @ 08:02 AM (PDT)

I think they were initially worried because...Sterling "Chip" Camden | 03/20/2009 @ 04:58 PM (PDT)

Turned out wellssharkins@... | 03/21/2009 @ 05:33 AM (PDT)

I know what you meanSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/21/2009 @ 11:34 AM (PDT)

Solid Business CaseMarty R. Milette | 03/23/2009 @ 01:07 AM (PDT)

Business case is all about prioritiesSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/24/2009 @ 11:03 AM (PDT)

Strange indeed . . .apotheon | 03/24/2009 @ 01:32 PM (PDT)

Government projectsSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/27/2009 @ 09:58 AM (PDT)

With all due respect...Chief Alchemist | 03/23/2009 @ 04:33 AM (PDT)

What?apotheon | 03/23/2009 @ 07:06 AM (PDT)

Hey, sorry about thatChief Alchemist | 03/23/2009 @ 05:11 PM (PDT)

innovate vs. improveapotheon | 03/23/2009 @ 09:02 PM (PDT)

One daysanteewelding | 03/23/2009 @ 09:08 PM (PDT)

Perhaps I'm not cynical enoughSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/24/2009 @ 11:14 AM (PDT)

RuthlessRuler is correct:.rld@... | 03/23/2009 @ 10:59 AM (PDT)

The acceptable pace of innovation depends...Sterling "Chip" Camden | 03/24/2009 @ 11:18 AM (PDT)

basic rules of lifekingmail53@... | 03/23/2009 @ 07:48 AM (PDT)

Well saidSterling "Chip" Camden | 03/24/2009 @ 11:19 AM (PDT)

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