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The Rebirth of The Nerd
Peter Cochrane
ca-global.orgconceptlabs.netcochrane.org.uk
COCHRANE a s s o c i a t e s
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In just 30 years the Nerds became the richest, most influential, people on the planet!
Throughout the 70s, 80s & 90s people like this were derided & discounted!
Why?
Because they knew stuff - a lot of stuff...
…that seemed irrelevant at the time to
most people, managers and boards!
Given the continuing >85% failure rate of
major IT programs, that knowledge and
ability doesn’t look so irrelevant or worthy
of derision today!
Management views in the 70s - 90s…
- I don’t need to know about or understand technology to manage it!
- I don’t care what the techies say, I want it doing my way!
-Nerds are an unfortunate part of my life & organization if only I could get rid of them!
NHS IT project costs soarOctober 12, 2004, 09:40 BST
The program to upgrade the NHS computer system is going to cost much more than expected, possibly as much as £30bn
The result - Headlines like this!
LibDems attack NHS IT programme
Call for independent reviewFriday 19th May 2006
The LibDems claimed NHS IT was failing to meet the government's own targets.
Patricia Hewitt's claims that the project will cost £6.2bn was at odds with the CEOs prediction of costs in excess of £15bn.
The result - Political adjustments!The real problems?
Not including the users
Not understanding the technology
Not understanding the difference between:- Data- Information- Knowledge
IT & being the CIO is not a game for amateurs…
& neither is the management of:
- Information - Knowledge- Decisions- Foresight
- Projections - Modeling
When computers arrived we simply
moved our paper & processes onto the screen……& generated even more paper!Worse, we maintained almost all
of the working practices - like the
financial year for example!
With good MIS the expense and
chaos of the financial year
can be avoided….
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In an increasingly mobile terminal &people environment we have to think finding rather than filing….
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Actively searching outInfo & knowledge…onthe net et al…
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QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
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Modeling, makingprojections, providedecision support…
The best of the best?
New/Young People
Mobile Workforce
Keeping the board, the people, &… …the company one step ahead!
An events company should understand crowd dynamics and behaviors…
An advertising agency should understand
the coming onslaught from the young…
Organisational modeling!
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The Eco-model…
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Young people• Have a short attention span • Multi-task like no other generation before• Are able to absorb more information faster• Use Google is their first point of search• See Wikipedia as the preferred knowledge base• Come with a vast and established network• Spend a lot of time on line• See games as a tool to augment real world experience• Share more readily via blogs• Use RSS feeds to reach friends
Socrates - by my son @ 11 years!
He cared for people
He helped people
He taught people
He asked important questions
He proposed good solutions
He always told the truth
So they killed him!
Everything moving to the edge?
Networks get dumber as theperiphery is getting smarter.
Almost everything can be donebetter at the periphery rather
than in the core!
A stinging tale from NY ….
A big company recruitment drive 2006
Is this all of us in 2009?
http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39157324,00.htm
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Changing attitudes and expectations…
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Trying to keep upTrying to changeStruggling
Given upGoing to die
Existing Workforce
TechnologyNew Entrants
Pushing limitsExperimentingDemanding Exploring
IT Capabilities…young and old…
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People
1985 2025
Young People
Prediction
Company IT Departments will go the same way as the typing pool…
…young people are strictly DIY & not DIFM