Stop Asking “What Will Work?”

IT professionals are charged with solving complex technical problems. For this purpose our organizations send us to training and industry conferences (well, they should send us to training and conferences but not all do), so that we can expand our knowledge and skill sets. After attending these training sessions and conferences we are often deemed “experts” in that particular area of technology, because upon ou

Change What Works

“We have always done it this way. Why change what works?” I hear this statement and cringe. It breaks down as follows: “We have always done it this way.” – Then you are not taking advantage of your opportunity to innovate. Everything can be improved upon. “Why change what works?” – Because what works now was probably an alteration upon a previous solution that used to work too (although not nearly