Michael Cardinal

@goodreads Worst Journey in the World. Ansley Cherry-Gerard

It’s Friday! What are you planning on reading this weekend?

In times like these, this shows the importance of understanding systems, value and supply networks and process. Good process is flexible to changes in the system #servicemanagement #ITSM #valuechain cnn.com/2020/03/20/bus…

Having studied systems for a long-time, I think people will now begin to understand better the interconnectedness, intricacies, and interweave of things. Society is not linear. #systemsthinking #senge #fifithdiscipline

@CraigWilkey Both. I am not prone to panic because of my broad view of history. Historically panicking has not gotten humanity great results. And I rely on those kinds of lessons to provide guidance on how to act and behave. #continualimprovement

@MJ_Cardinal You’re always far more optimistic than I am. Is that the result of a broad view of history, or refusal to let that broad view of history break you?

Interesting how a microscopic organism can bring society to a #tippingpoint How will we emerge from this moment? The Renaissance followed the largest plague in #history #lessonslearned

Will this be the time when people embrace #proactiveness and #continualimprovement as the norm? Sadly probably not (and history shows otherwise) but I can dream... #lessonslearned

What fundamental changes to our habits, culture, way of life, routines will emerge from the current situation? #Historians and #culture specialists want to know #lessonslearned

When I taught Continuity Management during #ITIL classes I included life-safety (fires, etc) and pandemic planning as part of the broader needs of BCM planning. Continuity is about people too, not just systems and technology #lessonslearned #itsm

Serious question: With a number of organizations and schools shifting to work from home, will our current infrastructure handle the extra load? Will IT departments be able to step up to the challenge?

Important information here. We can all use more positivity in our lives hbr.org/2015/12/proof-…

Irony: when you spend six years promoting service management to your customers and it takes that long for your own company to "get" the concept.

@theitskeptic For me it as much about how these folks thought as what they said. Keep it simple (Occams Razor). Start with definitions and the basics and build from there...

@theitskeptic Love the "Ancients Writers" like Drucker and Deming! #Otherpeopleswisdom

Happy New Year-To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow.-Robert Pirsig

@theitskeptic Cause ‘merica! (In redneck voice)

Trust, respect, confidence, understanding. Key to business IT alignment-Jim Dulle. But also key to employer-employee relationships #Smworld2019

The flow I have seen with colleagues: school>work for org>work for consulting or training firm (me currently)>work for self. Will I follow to the next step? Pondering the next step

@kenwendle Totally agree!

When did the success of an organization become more important than respect and dignity of its staff and people? Are we on the societal downslope?

Mutual understanding between Business and IT is required for success-Jim Dulle #smworld2019