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40. We’re migrating to the cloud cause my boss read about it in Time magazine.

 On this episode John Walker, IT Director at H&M Bay and Phil Howard discuss,
– Migrating to the Cloud because an executive leader read about it in Time magazine
– Some developers don’t talk with you because you are so #$%ing dumb.
– Software Dev for the…

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39. Should DevOps big a big deal in your company? Are you ready?

On this episode…
Phil Howard and Justin smucker
The future targets/goals of the business mean IT Directors should do this ….
What are the business outcomes you are trying to enable?
What to do if everybody wants to stay the same
Hypervisors, VMs, thr…

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38. Does your team secretly disagree with you? Are you failing to gain your team’s buy-in?

When the team wins it’s the team and when the team fails it’s me. – Todd Allen
Phil Howard and Todd Allen discuss
Mid stream changes
Agile methodology applied into micro steps
Creating direction and gaining buy-in (up/down/laterally).
Design first or put…

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37. IT Babies and Babysitters… No thanks

On this episode..
Yorck Haase, Director of IT at R.L Schreiber and Phil Howard discuss:
How to achieve new Levels of Productivity and business results.
Setting IT expectations to avoid babysitting systems and end users.
Laser Precision
Data collection an…

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36. How backwards is your IT thinking? Process First, Systems Second, and…

How should IT talk to people?
Ryan Holland, Proven Technology Leader (no title needed) and Phil Howard discuss:
Office hours after hours
Firewalls stuck in customs
The IT success formula
Big wins means baby stepping first
How to approach key stakeholders…

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35. IT Directors either impact the business or sit back like peons.

On this episode Marcus Merchant shows how an IT director can take a business from 30% efficiency to 70%+
…and how he got a job in IT with no knowledge at all
started drinking from the firehose.
Why never implement version 1.0?
How to collect important …

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34. IT Leaders, if you can’t do this… you’re done!

Are your doing this?  Can you do this? … and what is the #1 thing that will make or break your future as an IT LEADER?  
Lee Weisenberger & Phil Howard discuss….
 
 
Immediate results in 6 months or less
Small Pilots & Robots (not necessarily) replac…

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33. UnSelfish IT Living in The Ultimate Cost Center

On this Episode Shawn Granger and Phil Howard discuss:
Why Data Matters
Unselfishly Stuck in a Cost Center
Line Itemizing IT
Changing the Culture of “Let’s Dip into the IT budget.”
Fixing Broken Process 
RFPs are Dumb
Coyote Fear Mongering GIS apps
#itle…

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32. From Getting Shot at in Iraq & Afghanistan to 1.5 Million in Ransomware

Joshua Stroud and Phil Howard discuss… the journey from 1 tour in Iraq to 1 tour in Afghanistan and getting shot at to helpdesk technician, consultant, and to IT Leadership.
Is your businesses that will have to close down in 6 months if you experience …

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31. Marine Deploys Cisco Call Manager in 1999

John Larsen, manager of Enterprise Infrastructure for CHS and Phil Howard, managing partner CNSG discuss:
Getting thrown a Cisco Call manager and told to deploy it in 1999
Managing internet connectivity on Tugboats
IT Farming for Farmers 
What a Co-Op is…

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