“You can lead an organization through persuasion or formal edict. I have never found the arbitrary use of authority to control an organization either effective or, for that matter, personally interesting. If you cannot persuade your colleagues of the correctness of your decision, it is probably worthwhile to rethink your own.”

—Alan Greenspan, former chairman of […]

We were recently directed to Text, Tweet, or Talk: Communication for Today, a newly launched blog written by Michele Davis, an undergraduate student and friend of Cutter. Michele is exploring trends in interpersonal communication and what effects these trends have on society. She’s specifically looking at the impact of the movement away from face-to-face/voice communication […]

Last December, we asked the Cutter Business Technology Council to provide some advice for surviving the recession. Since there are now some signs that things are beginning to turn around, we thought it would be interesting to see what the Council thinks will be different as we emerge from the recession. The consensus: Post-recovery ≠ […]

So long to the gorilla dust at GM. That’s what billionaire entrepreneur founder of EDS and ex-General Motors executive Ross Perot called the annual optimistic projections of GM executives during the 1980s, as it continued to lose market share. “When gorillas fight, they throw dust in the air to distract one another,” Perot said.
Gorilla dust […]

I am, by all accounts, a news junkie. I take two papers every day and three on Sundays. I subscribe to a number of magazines and any number of news feeds. My startup page on the Internet is “Google News.” I have the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, the Wall […]

Cutter’s annual Summit conference is upon us! Our keynoters, panelists, roundtable facilitators and seminar leaders are truly amazing. It’s an inspiring — and inspired — group of people. And at the Summit, you get to spend time with these folks. I’m not talking about taking up space in the same room; I’m talking real, quality […]

Every year, folks at the Summit ask us Cutter staff people if the Red Sox are in town, and we usually have to break the news that the old towne team is on the road. Well, we’ve arranged for them to be at home at the end of this year’s Summit, and we’re holding […]

Every year, the IT trends issue is one of Cutter Benchmark Review’s most popular, probably because of CBR’s unique approach to looking at the trends.  This is the fourth year expert practitioner Jeroen van Tyn and academic Dennis Adams bring their divergent experiences to the table to analyze our trends survey.  As always, they’ve delivered […]

The May 2009 issue of Cutter IT Journal — with Guest Editor Cutter
Senior Consultant Sara Cullen — invites useful debate and
analyses on the current state of outsourcing and how a recession
may change the landscape in terms of both current and future
contracts and the provider market. We will explore the strategies
that may help organizations weather the […]

The April 2009 Cutter IT Journal — with Guest Editor Cutter
Senior Consultant Rebecca Herold, recently named one of the “Best
Privacy Advisers” and “Best Privacy Consultancies” of 2008 by
Computerworld — invites insightful debate on and analyses of
approaches organizations are taking to ensure that information
security, privacy and compliance areas collaborate, and how to
address the associated convergence issues. […]