Your strongest modernization advocates almost always come from the business side, not IT

• Getting buy-in from your CEO and executives before developing a strategy will ensure it reflects your company’s highest priorities. 
• Executive support of the strategy will communicate its importance to employees and other stakeholders. 
• The executive support will also help fa...

Your partner may help you in many ways. They may encourage you to do your best. They may help you in practical ways, too, like supporting you while you advance in your education or your career.

No matter what they do for you though, don't lose sight of their value i...

• The importance of thinking big. "Belfort thinks very big, he talks in very big numbers."
• The dangers of instant gratification. "people say ‘well instead of an inch how can I get a mile,’ and often times they’ll sacrifice honesty, integrity, whatever it is with...