http://ghostednotes.com/2008/08/01/IT-Leaders-can-learn-a-lot-from-McDonalds The writings of a technology ronin Sun, 23 May 2010 04:37:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ghostednotes.com/2008/08/01/IT-Leaders-can-learn-a-lot-from-McDonalds/comment-page-1#comment-42 jdwcornell Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://ghostednotes.com/2008/08/01/IT-Leaders-can-learn-a-lot-from-McDonalds#comment-42 I agree with the basic premise of your post, but I would have used an example other than McDonald's: google "hamburger management" :) I agree with the basic premise of your post, but I would have used an example other than McDonald’s: google "hamburger management"

]]> http://ghostednotes.com/2008/08/01/IT-Leaders-can-learn-a-lot-from-McDonalds/comment-page-1#comment-41 Nikki Massaro Kauffman Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://ghostednotes.com/2008/08/01/IT-Leaders-can-learn-a-lot-from-McDonalds#comment-41 I completely agree with you there. I once advocated at least <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/lnm105/blogs/cleartext/2008/04/remember-ryan-ballas-get-to-kn.html">getting to know the people in those roles better</a> so that we stop seeing people as obstacles in our way and treat them more like people, but I think actually making our IT folk live those roles goes one step further. Or perhaps they could be encouraged to both? Hmm... I completely agree with you there. I once advocated at least <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/lnm105/blogs/cleartext/2008/04/remember-ryan-ballas-get-to-kn.html">getting to know the people in those roles better</a> so that we stop seeing people as obstacles in our way and treat them more like people, but I think actually making our IT folk live those roles goes one step further. Or perhaps they could be encouraged to both? Hmm…

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