Comments on: Pigeonholing – A tragedy http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/ Thoughts on the confluence of business, change and technology. Areas covered include business intelligence, cultural transformation, business and IT alignment, business and IT strategy, project execution and social media. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Big Picture « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-2928 The Big Picture « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:01:11 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-2928 [...] have touched on this area a few times before. In Pigeonholing – A tragedy, I suggested that because someone is good in one area of life, it does not automatically mean that [...] [...] have touched on this area a few times before. In Pigeonholing – A tragedy, I suggested that because someone is good in one area of life, it does not automatically mean that [...]

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-2906 Peter Thomas Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:03:42 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-2906 Joelle, Apologies, I just noticed that I didn't thank you for your contribution. Peter Joelle,

Apologies, I just noticed that I didn’t thank you for your contribution.

Peter

]]> By: Who should be accountable for data quality? « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-2905 Who should be accountable for data quality? « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:56:26 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-2905 [...] for the avoidance of doubt, as I pointed out in Pigeonholing – A tragedy, the fact that someone is good at the details does not necessarily preclude them from also [...] [...] for the avoidance of doubt, as I pointed out in Pigeonholing – A tragedy, the fact that someone is good at the details does not necessarily preclude them from also [...]

]]> By: An update of the most read articles on this site « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-2033 An update of the most read articles on this site « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:24:48 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-2033 [...] Pigeonholing – A tragedy [...] [...] Pigeonholing – A tragedy [...]

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-936 Peter Thomas Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:45 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-936 Some more thoughts related to this area on Ilya Bogorad's excellent blog <a href="http://bizvortex.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/meaningless-measurements" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Some more thoughts related to this area on Ilya Bogorad’s excellent blog here.

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-850 Peter Thomas Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:04:42 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-850 Francisco, Thank you for your comments. Peter Francisco,

Thank you for your comments.

Peter

]]> By: Francisco http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-849 Francisco Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:42:57 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-849 IT Leadership must grow some more in hiring and retaining talent. Although is true your resume and core competencies should demonstrate your ability to do your Job, a well rounded individual with multiple accomplishment and recognitions from the business should be thought as great fit to Run IT initiatives. The IT workforce must learn we are in business because we learned to resolve Business Problems. Technological solutions must be driven by a Business Problems and presenting someone’s business functional skills should be relevant to the hiring manager looking to Hire and Retain talent. We need to educate and enroll others that we must run IT organizations as a Business Unit and develop the workforce to understand how to size business problems and use enterprise Business and Technology integrated solutions. Technology is an enabler and part of the solution. When I coach and mentor IT executive and professionals I look for them to embrace their ability to run IT strategic initiatives embracing both functional and technical core competency. IT Leadership must grow some more in hiring and retaining talent. Although is true your resume and core competencies should demonstrate your ability to do your Job, a well rounded individual with multiple accomplishment and recognitions from the business should be thought as great fit to Run IT initiatives. The IT workforce must learn we are in business because we learned to resolve Business Problems. Technological solutions must be driven by a Business Problems and presenting someone’s business functional skills should be relevant to the hiring manager looking to Hire and Retain talent.
We need to educate and enroll others that we must run IT organizations as a Business Unit and develop the workforce to understand how to size business problems and use enterprise Business and Technology integrated solutions. Technology is an enabler and part of the solution. When I coach and mentor IT executive and professionals I look for them to embrace their ability to run IT strategic initiatives embracing both functional and technical core competency.

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-832 Peter Thomas Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:40:51 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-832 Also further interesting perspectives on this piece on the <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/newsArticle?viewDiscussion=&articleID=30366356&gid=48613" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn.com CIO Magazine Forum</a> (again membership of LinkedIn.com and the Group is required to view. Peter Also further interesting perspectives on this piece on the LinkedIn.com CIO Magazine Forum (again membership of LinkedIn.com and the Group is required to view.

Peter

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-827 Peter Thomas Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:27:27 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-827 Darci, Thanks for the comments - I think it is a quite common situation. Peter Darci,

Thanks for the comments – I think it is a quite common situation.

Peter

]]> By: Darci http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/01/pigeonholing-a-tragedy/#comment-823 Darci Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:01:40 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2328#comment-823 Peter - I love this post. I left my last corporate job because I felt like I was getting pigeon holed as a trainer, but felt like I was much more capable of doing a lot of other things. Since then, I've had the opportunity to experiment with a lot of new experiences but now I can't seem to land a job because I'm not really this and I'm not really that. It's quite frustrating. Doesn't being highly capable, smart, a risk taker, a quick and avid learner count for anything? Peter – I love this post. I left my last corporate job because I felt like I was getting pigeon holed as a trainer, but felt like I was much more capable of doing a lot of other things. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to experiment with a lot of new experiences but now I can’t seem to land a job because I’m not really this and I’m not really that. It’s quite frustrating. Doesn’t being highly capable, smart, a risk taker, a quick and avid learner count for anything?

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