With That Said

Assessments to Support IT Strategy

In all of our lives, both personal and professional, we have been in situations where we have been told to take a step back and look at the situation at hand. Usually when we do step back, we are better able to assess the issue and put forth the appropriate action. What if we did this proactively rather than reactively?

Sicko or Psycho?

Well, I did it.  It was a Friday night and I was feeling a little restless. I was in the mood to watch a movie, so I started channel surfing catching bits and pieces of "You've got mail", "Frankie and Johnny", "Dirty Dancing" … you see where this is going.  With nothing of interest on the tube and echoes of "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" ringing in my ear, I needed an escape.

I checked to see what movies were playing in the theaters (at this point it was coming upon 9:30 pm), and I saw that there was a 10:15 showing of Michael Moore's new "movie", Sicko.  Now, I can't claim to be a MM fan nor can I say that I have ever seen one of his previous films, but I knew he was controversial, the movie was about healthcare, and thought I could write off the $9 ticket, the $5.50 soda and $6.00 popcorn as business expenses (thanks Ralph).

I get to the cinema and thought I would find an empty theater.  I mean, who goes to a documentary at 10:15 on a Friday night? Well, after scanning the large audience I realized they came for one of two reasons. They either lacked an appreciation of what a fun Friday night is really about, or this movie was about a topic that many people care about. In case you are wondering, I fall into the latter classification .............