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A Note From the Editor

Welcome to the GeekLeaders.com Community

I hope that you find here the beginnings of a community from which you can learn a great deal about technical leadership and to which you can contribute in equal measure. 

As you can see in the banner, our goal is to advance the understanding and practice of technical leadership.  This is not a topic that lends itself to provable singular solutions.  It is complex and multi-faceted.  We will learn best by reflecting on and sharing our experiences.

Once you complete the free registration and login, your menu bar will include links for contributing blogs, articles, weblinks and forum commentary.  I hope that after you spend some time reading, you will want to participate in the ongoing conversations and to start a few of your own.

Please review this first implementation of the site, imagine how it might best become both a resource and community for you ... and then help us make it so.  Please feel free to leave candid, constructive feedback in the Shoutback section or contact me directly.

Best,

Paul Glen, Founder and Editor 


Big-Picture Thinking: Worth its Weight in Gold
Competencies - Personal Competencies
Written by Andrew Sobel   

Clients want it from the professionals they hire. Bosses want it from their subordinates. CEOs absolutely must have it. But what really is "big picture thinking"?

 

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Stop Gathering IT Requirements
Competencies - Other Competencies
Written by Paul Glen   
Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that one of the most destructive notions circulating inside technical groups involves "gathering requirements." For decades, virtually everyone in the industry has accepted that the first phase of every IT project should be to gather requirements from business users. At least in theory, it should be the point of departure for all our efforts. (Of course, it's also the phase of the project that's most often skipped.) So now that our success rate for IT projects has risen to the still-dismal level of about 25%, perhaps we should question some of this time-honored wisdom.
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