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I like the idea of tying it to people's day jobs but it's also important to pull from those that might have alternative perspectives for specific aspects of the TT

I would like to see a phase that really change how we work and gives a big impact to the company and the employees

@sorenhelsted Good news here is I think by aligning the "day jobs" across the technology community on accelerating our ability to enable key technology shifts for our clients we will accelerate our own growth.

love the idea of delivering in smaller chunks: a portfolio of agile experiments.

I agree that that should be a main differentiator and am looking forward to seeing that work

would like to see an inventory of accomplishments from one central source.

@scronizer yes - one example of where we've had incredible success with engaging the broad perspective of our tech community is "minute polls" - we ask participants to take 30 seconds to think and 30 seconds to respond - response rates are as high as 50%!

@scronizer to your points on day jobs... still many roles for challengers and supporters

I'd actually like to see less reliance on aligning by "day jobs" and more alignment best on interest

@danhushon People transformation is the biggest transformation yet

The Challenger role is one we need to focus on this phase - sometimes tricky to balance inclusion in team with meaningful challenging of ideas...

@tjmcs1 good point Tom - that is after all the key to success in the open source community yes?

like this crowd chat - pulling from people who would not normally engage in a closed environment is key

A pitch for our AEC Communications objective that enables and encourages communication by our experts with External and Internal communities. Architects and Engineers - please contact me or see the AEC C3 group :-)

tying to dayjobs could limit engagement. would like to set stretch-goals

@sorenalbeck I see how it can be limiting, but I also would ask everyone in our tech community as they are doing their job to pick their head up and connect with others who can help you deliver value that much better - our clients expect it!

@JerryAOverton Paul mentioned this in other thread, need to be able to experiment in smaller chunks with OK for failures to speed agility

Besides Notes ;)

Outlook 365

hotel wifi

how to find stuff

@hayley_smitty It's probably Outlook's co-existence with Notes...

and having to run Sametime until everyone else is migrated

@richrebajr ...and how to find the right people

various platforms for knowledge - c3, now sharepoint, wiki --- everyone doesn't go to ONE place when they turn on the equipment to get the news of the day - making us feel like ONE company

how to collaborate openly across the company when the first question is "is there an IWO for that"? any chance of something like 20% time for technologists?

getting their voice heard, getting ideas bubbled up for consideration, learning how to enlist sponsorship.... I think the rCTO net will help a lot

Deep skills. Low-level tech skills (e.g. a program language) are one thing, but things like requirements process, systems engineering, etc., are key and last over trends.

not enough double-deep managers

@sorenhelsted not to speak of PMs

i think it is but it's hard to tell without seeing the success stories all in one place. recommend making that a high priority for the next sprint.

Yes, if only already for making OpenSource part of the conversation!

For 1: the solution architect for deals now participates in exec reviews... isn't that novel?

uptake differs across regions. ask again in a week ;-)

I think it is - there is still a lot of aim, aim, aim around, but f.ex. DevOps has agile has got a growing mindset and is being deployed on projects in the region - maybe not full scale but there is a definitive change

That's good feedback, Jerry--we've developed a template for success stories that we need to get out into the field. Looks like this could be top of the list, post techcom, @LisaAnneBraun, @JonesBells and @phowarth001

I think it is but we still need to rally the troops in sales and bring them into the fold -- make it about all of us working on this together.

@heatherscsc @JerryAOverton Yes good idea :)

from my lens absolutely, New DoA process rolling out, Centralised Technology Community, DE and DA Programs initiated, New OLM Framework, OpenSource, IRB with alignment to CSC offering Investment. to name a few things

It absolutely is working and has offered momentum on most of our "day job" objectives

I agree Carl. I'd like to see a way by which we harness their perspective on the market trends and use them as a sensing mechanism. This is something we've not done well at CSC to date

one of the areas that we are looking into is to simplify partner collaboration on the tools we support and manage internally..

agree a 100% - we need a more sophisticated model too that aligns to the maturity - like the pioneer, settler, city planner model - so we manage our relationships in a more appropriate manner and learn how to get the best from each other

If we also think about the data we generate around their product operation, we should be looking to provide them information back to help enhance their product development

and we need the overview and mappings of technologies, offerings, partners, etc - this is something we have been working on and is not trivial as the information and knowledge is spread across

we also need to take a few risks with the start-ups, learn from them and accept that not everything will succeed - experiment, fail fast - do it repeatedly!

Totally agreed Carl...we also need to bring our partners in the OLM process

and that needs to start at the R&D end of things - influence the roadmap early in the life cycle

@fiarik agree, we have a lot of product to choose from, we need to ensure we position partners & products correctly and effectively to ensue we go to our clients with differentiated solutions that achieve price, function & differentiate to the competition.

I think the hard part is being willing to go to customers with that minimum viable product; don't wait until it's "fully baked"

@christelleknuds - totally agree, this may scare some, but our partners need to be with us on every stage of the journey. This should include our solution reviews for clients if we have partners engaged they should have a seat at the table.

@tjmcs1 Yes - an MVP is too often treated as cheap, inferior or incomplete. An MVP can and should be sufficiently baked to sell http://j.mp/1OxVhOs

@Faisal_Siddiqi i second that. would love to see us embrace MVP as a way to engage customers early