Don Tennant

With just over a month to go before the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft is positioning the new release as an even bigger deal than the launch of Windows 95 back in The Day. As anyone who was following Microsoft back then knows, that’s saying something. The problem for Microsoft is that it doesn’t matter, […]

Why are we humans so reluctant to admit it when we make a mistake? My guess is it has something to do with a fear of negative consequences, because we so easily forget that negative consequences are much more likely to result from the failure to admit a mistake than from making it in the […]

When you hear the phrase “secure base,” the context typically has something to do with the parent-child relationship — the bond or attachment between parents and their children that’s created when parents provide a secure base from which children can explore the world. So my interest was piqued when I came across a book about […]

Save the sneers. I’m well aware that it was a rookie mistake that your grandmother wouldn’t make. I allowed myself to fall prey to the insidious malware known as Babylon by downloading Mozilla’s Firefox browser from a shady download site. I know, shame on me. I got what I deserved. I take no solace in […]

On Jan. 2, I wrote a post in which I provided my assessment of what would likely be the biggest technology story of 2012. Since it’s only September, there’s no way of knowing whether I’ll be proven correct. But it’s kind of looking like I will be. I began the opening paragraph of that post […]

If you’re like me (perish the thought), you love this time of year because football season has finally arrived. A lot of us find ourselves using sports metaphors a lot more frequently than usual, like when we talk about building teams in the IT workplace. Some fine sports imagery along those lines has been delivered […]

If you had to identify one characteristic that’s more important than any other for an employee in your IT organization to possess, what would it be? Creativity? Resourcefulness? Brilliance? You can rattle off admirable traits from now till the cows come home, but you’ll never come up with one that’s more essential than this one: […]

Some of the best career advice for men that I have ever read has come in books about career advice for women. I really haven’t drawn any conclusions about why that is, but one conclusion I have drawn is that it’s unfortunate that so much good career advice is failing to reach a huge male […]

According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, it’s getting significantly harder for organizations in the high-tech sector to find the qualified workers they need. The SHRM survey, the results of which were released last month, found that nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of the organizations surveyed found it somewhat or very difficult […]

This post has been updated for 2020. Frequently, I hear from readers who express their frustration when I write about ways to institute positive change in an organization because they don’t feel that they’re in a position that allows them to drive change. So my interest was piqued when I came across a book whose […]

Infosys employee and whistleblower Jay Palmer’s retaliation lawsuit against Infosys came to an end on Monday, as the federal judge hearing the case ruled in favor of Infosys’ motion for a summary judgment, finding that Palmer does not have an actionable case against Infosys under Alabama state law. But the celebration at Infosys may well […]

The whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed against Infosys by Jay Palmer, which had been scheduled to go to trial on Aug. 20, has been postponed until Sept. 17. U.S. District Court Judge Myron H. Thompson ordered the postponement earlier today. Here is the full text of the order, as filed in court documents: Because the court […]