A very brief post, just to acknowledge that sometimes you come across a gem of an article in the blogosphere. On this occasion, I would also like to thank the author for pointing his work out to me on a LinkedIn.com group!
The piece in question is called Talking business: Three reasons why your opinion is being ignored. It is by Ilya Bogorad and appears on Tech Republic. Well worth a read, no matter where you are in your IT career.
Read some my thoughts about another Tech Republic piece in: “Why taking a few punches on the financial crisis just might save IT” by Patrick Gray on TechRepublic.
Ilya Bogorad is the Principal of Bizvortex Consulting Group Inc, a management consulting company located in Toronto, Canada. Ilya specializes in building better IT organizations and can be reached at ibogorad@bizvortex.com or on (905) 278 4753.
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