In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! In Chapter 8: Build Versus Buy, Mark makes a radical suggestion: it is actually … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 7 – Enterprise Architecture
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! In Chapter 7: Enterprise Architecture, we look at the very structure at the heart of … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 6 – Transformation
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! We’ve made it to Chapter 6: Transformation, which is a hot-button word if ever I saw … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 5 – Requirements
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Today we're going to look at Chapter 5: Requirements. Much like the last chapter, … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 4 – Planning
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! We've made it to Part III: Earning the Seat, the longest part of A Seat at the … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 3 – A Nimble Approach to the Table
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Welcome to the second week of our read-along! Today we're looking at Chapter 3: Kept … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 2 – Kept from the Table
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Welcome back! I've been enjoying this book so far; I hope you are, too! You might want to start with the first post if you're just … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat at the Table | Intro & Chapter 1 – Sitting Alone
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz's book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it's still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. My name is Lucy. I'm the Online Marketing Assistant here at IT Revolution, coming hot off of getting my BA in Business … [Read more...]