Posts with keyword: strategy


Clean Sheets and Strategy

Most of the activities IT performs aren't strategic. Like clean sheets, they're important, but not differentiating. How do you determine what's strategic? Evaluate the domains of your business.
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Clay Shirky on Moderation Strategies (ETech 2006)

Clay Shirky is speaking about pattern languages for moderation strategies. A pattern is a combination of a goal and strategy combination that's detailed enough that you can see how to build it, but not so detailed that you can't repurpose it to a different domain. This has come into vogue in the object oriented world. Clay suggests a pattern strategy for moderating discussion. He shows a graph that has "freedom to create group communications" vs. "Annoyingness". The problem is there's a steep knee in the curve, meaning that there's a point where as soon as you get a certain
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