Project Junction

CYNTHIA DANAHER divides the people she has worked with over the years into three types:

There are those who say, “There’s a rat in this room, and I’m going to kill it,”
A second group says, “There’s a rat in this room; let’s figure out a plan to kill it.”
And a third group asks, “Did anyone notice [...]

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I wonder how Apple runs their decision checkpoint meetings? If their meetings are like our meetings in IBM, here’s how the decision to charter the iPod possibly played out.  “Here ye. Here ye. Now that we’ve reviewed the project proposal for this music system, it’s time to vote.  Let’s go around the table and vote [...]

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A respected IBMer named Gia Lyons left our company to work for a smaller firm jive software. It takes nerve to leave the IBM safety net. I applaud her moxie.
The Newcomer Advantage
Should we worry that Gia is no longer an insider? After all, she’s knows our strategy and she’s could attack us in [...]

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