VW’s CIO Looks For Ways To Catch Up With Tesla
The VW CIO has tried to create an all-electric car but the first version of this had many software problems and so they hope that the next version will be better
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What Toyota Can Teach IT About Dealing With Change
It may seem odd to to be talking about growth during this time of economic downturn, but once this cycle is done you had better have a good plan for learning to deal with growth. IT has always been about change, but that doesn’t mean that IT leaders are any better than anyone else in … Read more
How Toyota Can Teach IT To Keep Things Fresh
Despite all the talk about innovation these days, we know how things really are. It’s way too easy for us to set up IT processes and procedures that we use to run our IT shops and then over time they become part of a larger “That’s The Way We Do Things Here” culture. The problem … Read more
Why Toyota’s IT Department Is Broken & Why That’s Ok
Over at Toyota, they have a habit of doing things differently than everyone else. This might be one of the reasons that Toyota is such a successful company. Their IT department, just like the rest of the company, looks like it on the brink of failure even as the company does better and better in … Read more
What Can Toyota Teach IT About How To Be Successful?
You would think that building cars and running an IT department wouldn’t have a lot in common and in fact were two completely different activities. However, there are more similarities than are obvious on a first glance. Toyota currently makes some the best products available, they do it at the lowest costs, and they have … Read more