The IT Skeptic - Comments for "McKinsey on how CIOs should think about business value"

HBR

JamesFinister — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:32:50 +0000

Please don't forget Harvard Business Review

James Finister
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absorb some business thinking by osmosis

skeptic — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Thank-you Jennifer!

In my book Working in IT [ I was tempted to say "my latest book" but I have FIVE latest books] I suggest that techoes who want to absorb some business thinking by osmosis should subscribe to McKinsey Quarterly and the Economist for a year or two. That'll do it. Worked for me.

article guest pass

Jennifer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:16:00 +0000

Hi there - I work at the Quarterly and wanted to share a guest passed link to the article: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/33444
(requires free registration) - feel free to pass it on to friends.

If you are interested in purchasing a Premium Membership, click here: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/33242
For the next 2 weeks, people who purchase also get a print copy of our newest publication, "What Matters".

Either way, thanks alot for your interest in the Quarterly!

Freely downloadable root document

Metalyst — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:15:00 +0000

Even if this McKinsey document is IP-protected, the original study from which it derives can be downloaded freely and without requiring any membership from the CIGREF web site : http://www.cigref.fr/cigref_publications/2008/08/2008---the-dyna.html

FYI, CIGREF is a working group of 100+ CIOs of the largest French enterprises.

underselling

skeptic — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:42:55 +0000

US$150 for one doc? I'm underselling my CMDB debate download! 81 content pages for $7.95. I should ask $1050

Quite

Dave Schofield — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:27:09 +0000

and it is a good short analysis document (11 pages or so) probably worth the Premium cost on its own in the right business generating or supporting context.

Regards

Dave

Only Sometimes...

kengon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:38:01 +0000

Skep,

They only send the guest passes out occasionally. I think it's driven by their internal marketing campaign folks to drive subscriptions. Unfortuantely, most of the time, I get ones for stuff I didn't want anyway! :-)

Best,
kengon

respect IP

skeptic — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:24:51 +0000

No don't. that would be a violation of McKinsey copyright. Round here we respect IP

McKinsey article

Yury — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:54 +0000

Dave, could you, please, share that article?

guest pass

skeptic — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:04:47 +0000

How'd you do that? They don't give me a guest pass :( Word must be out....

It seems to be free via a guest pass

Dave Schofield — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:56:31 +0000

I'm a registered user of this McKinsey site but not premium and the article is available to me via a free guest pass.

Dave